diff --git a/code/datums/components/phone.dm b/code/datums/components/phone.dm
index 49cca0cdf0..e51ebf9d17 100644
--- a/code/datums/components/phone.dm
+++ b/code/datums/components/phone.dm
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_EMPTY_TYPED(phones, /datum/component/phone)
 	return COMPONENT_OVERRIDE_DEAD_SPEAK
 
 /datum/component/phone/virtual/get_user()
-	return virtual_user
+	return virtual_user.mob
 
 // TGUI section