diff --git a/Content.Server/Chat/Systems/ChatSystem.Emote.cs b/Content.Server/Chat/Systems/ChatSystem.Emote.cs
index 23e1517d75..5897aac61a 100644
--- a/Content.Server/Chat/Systems/ChatSystem.Emote.cs
+++ b/Content.Server/Chat/Systems/ChatSystem.Emote.cs
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ 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 &&