diff --git a/Content.Shared/ActionBlocker/ActionBlockerSystem.cs b/Content.Shared/ActionBlocker/ActionBlockerSystem.cs
index c649746a53..f9c9858ec8 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/ActionBlocker/ActionBlockerSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/ActionBlocker/ActionBlockerSystem.cs
@@ -51,18 +51,13 @@ namespace Content.Shared.ActionBlocker
             return !ev.Cancelled;
         }
 
-        public bool CanThrow(IEntity entity)
-        {
-            var ev = new ThrowAttemptEvent(entity);
-
-            RaiseLocalEvent(entity.Uid, ev);
-
-            return !ev.Cancelled;
-        }
-
         public bool CanThrow(EntityUid uid)
         {
-            return CanThrow(EntityManager.GetEntity(uid));
+            var ev = new ThrowAttemptEvent(uid);
+
+            RaiseLocalEvent(uid, ev);
+
+            return !ev.Cancelled;
         }
 
         public bool CanSpeak(IEntity entity)
diff --git a/Content.Shared/Interaction/SharedInteractionSystem.cs b/Content.Shared/Interaction/SharedInteractionSystem.cs
index cf7514a8d6..f4921dfd0b 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/Interaction/SharedInteractionSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/Interaction/SharedInteractionSystem.cs
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ namespace Content.Shared.Interaction
         /// </summary>
         public bool TryThrowInteraction(IEntity user, IEntity item)
         {
-            if (user == null || item == null || !_actionBlockerSystem.CanThrow(user)) return false;
+            if (user == null || item == null || !_actionBlockerSystem.CanThrow(user.Uid)) return false;
 
             ThrownInteraction(user, item);
             return true;
diff --git a/Content.Shared/Throwing/ThrowAttemptEvent.cs b/Content.Shared/Throwing/ThrowAttemptEvent.cs
index ba17ab4789..9c23647c69 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/Throwing/ThrowAttemptEvent.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/Throwing/ThrowAttemptEvent.cs
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ namespace Content.Shared.Throwing
 {
     public class ThrowAttemptEvent : CancellableEntityEventArgs
     {
-        public ThrowAttemptEvent(IEntity entity)
+        public ThrowAttemptEvent(EntityUid uid)
         {
-            Entity = entity;
+            Uid = uid;
         }
 
-        public IEntity Entity { get; }
+        public EntityUid Uid { get; }
     }
 
     /// <summary>