diff --git a/code/modules/mob/say.dm b/code/modules/mob/say.dm
index f8e9fb94320..04f1c747853 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/say.dm
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 	message = trim(copytext(sanitize(message), 1, MAX_MESSAGE_LEN))
 
-	usr.emote("me",1,message)
+	src.emote("me",1,message)
 
 /mob/proc/say_dead(var/message)
 	var/name = src.real_name