diff --git a/Content.IntegrationTests/Tests/GameRules/NukeOpsTest.cs b/Content.IntegrationTests/Tests/GameRules/NukeOpsTest.cs
index 246a7701902..ebb58a173c1 100644
--- a/Content.IntegrationTests/Tests/GameRules/NukeOpsTest.cs
+++ b/Content.IntegrationTests/Tests/GameRules/NukeOpsTest.cs
@@ -226,16 +226,18 @@ public sealed class NukeOpsTest
         Assert.That(total, Is.GreaterThan(3));
 
         // Check the nukie commander passed basic training and figured out how to breathe.
-        var totalSeconds = 30;
-        var totalTicks = (int) Math.Ceiling(totalSeconds / server.Timing.TickPeriod.TotalSeconds);
-        var increment = 5;
-        var resp = entMan.GetComponent<RespiratorComponent>(player);
-        var damage = entMan.GetComponent<DamageableComponent>(player);
-        for (var tick = 0; tick < totalTicks; tick += increment)
+        if (entMan.TryGetComponent<RespiratorComponent>(player, out var resp))
         {
-            await pair.RunTicksSync(increment);
-            Assert.That(resp.SuffocationCycles, Is.LessThanOrEqualTo(resp.SuffocationCycleThreshold));
-            Assert.That(damage.TotalDamage, Is.EqualTo(FixedPoint2.Zero));
+            var totalSeconds = 30;
+            var totalTicks = (int)Math.Ceiling(totalSeconds / server.Timing.TickPeriod.TotalSeconds);
+            var increment = 5;
+            var damage = entMan.GetComponent<DamageableComponent>(player);
+            for (var tick = 0; tick < totalTicks; tick += increment)
+            {
+                await pair.RunTicksSync(increment);
+                Assert.That(resp.SuffocationCycles, Is.LessThanOrEqualTo(resp.SuffocationCycleThreshold));
+                Assert.That(damage.TotalDamage, Is.EqualTo(FixedPoint2.Zero));
+            }
         }
 
         // Check that the round does not end prematurely when agents are deleted in the outpost
diff --git a/Content.Server/Body/Systems/RespiratorSystem.cs b/Content.Server/Body/Systems/RespiratorSystem.cs
index 379f003a712..f601824e70e 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Body/Systems/RespiratorSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Body/Systems/RespiratorSystem.cs
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ public sealed class RespiratorSystem : EntitySystem
     /// <returns>Returns true only if the air is not toxic, and it wouldn't suffocate.</returns>
     public bool CanMetabolizeInhaledAir(Entity<RespiratorComponent?> ent)
     {
-        if (!Resolve(ent, ref ent.Comp))
+        if (!Resolve(ent, ref ent.Comp, false))
             return false;
 
         // Get the gas at our location but don't actually remove it from the gas mixture.