diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/_species.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/_species.dm
index 697f437cc06..266c188dcc3 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/_species.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species/_species.dm
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
 	if(HAS_TRAIT(H, TRAIT_FAT))
 		. += (1.5 - flight)
 
-	if(H.bodytemperature < BODYTEMP_COLD_DAMAGE_LIMIT && !(HAS_TRAIT(H, TRAIT_RESISTCOLD)))
+	if(H.bodytemperature < H.dna.species.cold_level_1 && !(HAS_TRAIT(H, TRAIT_RESISTCOLD)))
 		. += (BODYTEMP_COLD_DAMAGE_LIMIT - H.bodytemperature) / COLD_SLOWDOWN_FACTOR
 
 	var/leftover = .