diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species.dm
index f2f62fc2d9..a1de0bf532 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species.dm
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY(roundstart_race_names)
 		C.dna.mutation_index[new_species.inert_mutation] = create_sequence(new_species.inert_mutation)
 
 	if(!new_species.has_field_of_vision && has_field_of_vision && ishuman(C) && CONFIG_GET(flag/use_field_of_vision))
-		var/datum/component/field_of_vision/F = GetComponent(/datum/component/field_of_vision)
+		var/datum/component/field_of_vision/F = C.GetComponent(/datum/component/field_of_vision)
 		if(F)
 			qdel(F)