diff --git a/Content.Client/_DV/CosmicCult/CosmicCultSystem.cs b/Content.Client/_DV/CosmicCult/CosmicCultSystem.cs
index 42d8b9b23c..78cad96193 100644
--- a/Content.Client/_DV/CosmicCult/CosmicCultSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Client/_DV/CosmicCult/CosmicCultSystem.cs
@@ -76,9 +76,8 @@ public sealed partial class CosmicCultSystem : SharedCosmicCultSystem
         if (args.Alert.ID != ent.Comp.EntropyAlert)
             return;
         var entropy = Math.Clamp(ent.Comp.EntropyStored, 0, 14);
-        var sprite = args.SpriteViewEnt.Comp;
-        _sprite.LayerSetRsiState((ent, sprite), AlertVisualLayers.Base, $"base{entropy}");
-        _sprite.LayerSetRsiState((ent, sprite), CultAlertVisualLayers.Counter, $"num{entropy}");
+        _sprite.LayerSetRsiState(args.SpriteViewEnt.AsNullable(), AlertVisualLayers.Base, $"base{entropy}");
+        _sprite.LayerSetRsiState(args.SpriteViewEnt.AsNullable(), CultAlertVisualLayers.Counter, $"num{entropy}");
     }
     #endregion