diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/dogborg/dog_sleeper_vr.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/dogborg/dog_sleeper_vr.dm
index 0a56dc2413..7b34bd45ce 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/dogborg/dog_sleeper_vr.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/robot/dogborg/dog_sleeper_vr.dm
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 		user << "<span class='warning'>Your [src.name] is already occupied.</span>"
 		return
 	user.visible_message("<span class='warning'>[hound.name] is ingesting [target.name] into their [src.name].</span>", "<span class='notice'>You start ingesting [target] into your [src]...</span>")
-	if(!patient && ishuman(target) && !target.buckled && do_after (user, 50))
+	if(!patient && ishuman(target) && !target.buckled && do_after (user, 50, target))
 
 		if(!proximity) return //If they moved away, you can't eat them.