diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/brain/brain_item.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/brain/brain_item.dm
index e3b9f247f8..c77908362f 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/brain/brain_item.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/brain/brain_item.dm
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 //since these people will be dead M != usr
 
 	if(!C.getorgan(/obj/item/organ/brain))
-		if(!C.get_bodypart("head") || !C.temporarilyRemoveItemFromInventory(src))
+		if(!C.get_bodypart("head") || !user.temporarilyRemoveItemFromInventory(src))
 			return
 		var/msg = "[C] has [src] inserted into [C.p_their()] head by [user]."
 		if(C == user)