diff --git a/code/modules/events/ghost_role/revenant_event.dm b/code/modules/events/ghost_role/revenant_event.dm
index f739a3e13d4..4ed05bbc82c 100644
--- a/code/modules/events/ghost_role/revenant_event.dm
+++ b/code/modules/events/ghost_role/revenant_event.dm
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 		return MAP_ERROR
 
 	var/mob/living/basic/revenant/revvie = new(pick(spawn_locs))
-	selected.mind.transfer_to(revvie)
+	revvie.key = selected.key
 	message_admins("[ADMIN_LOOKUPFLW(revvie)] has been made into a revenant by an event.")
 	revvie.log_message("was spawned as a revenant by an event.", LOG_GAME)
 	spawned_mobs += revvie