diff --git a/Content.Server/Chat/Systems/ChatSystem.Emote.cs b/Content.Server/Chat/Systems/ChatSystem.Emote.cs
index c2bd842f83..5b3e618b41 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Chat/Systems/ChatSystem.Emote.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Chat/Systems/ChatSystem.Emote.cs
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public partial class ChatSystem
         bool ignoreActionBlocker = false
         )
     {
-        if (_whitelistSystem.IsWhitelistFailOrNull(emote.Whitelist, source) || _whitelistSystem.IsBlacklistPass(emote.Blacklist, source))
+        if (_whitelistSystem.IsWhitelistFail(emote.Whitelist, source) || _whitelistSystem.IsBlacklistPass(emote.Blacklist, source))
             return;
 
         if (!emote.Available &&