diff --git a/code/modules/mob/say_vr.dm b/code/modules/mob/say_vr.dm
index 76c45b5d0e..2123400816 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/say_vr.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/say_vr.dm
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ proc/get_top_level_mob(var/mob/S)
 			processing |= other
 
 	for(var/i in show_to)
-		var/mob/M = show_to
+		var/mob/M = i
 		M.show_message(message)
 
 ///////////////// VERB CODE