diff --git a/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/observer.dm b/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/observer.dm
index c3c87bef4ab..a8cb7e9eb4d 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/observer.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/dead/observer/observer.dm
@@ -984,7 +984,7 @@ This is the proc mobs get to turn into a ghost. Forked from ghostize due to comp
 		if(is_secret_level(mob_eye.z) && !client?.holder)
 			set_sight(null) //we dont want ghosts to see through walls in secret areas
 		RegisterSignal(mob_eye, COMSIG_MOVABLE_Z_CHANGED, PROC_REF(on_observing_z_changed))
-		if(mob_eye.hud_used && src != usr) // can't view your own inventory and hud but you're either A: permanently ghosted out. Or B: dead and it barely matters.
+		if(mob_eye.hud_used)
 			client.clear_screen()
 			LAZYOR(mob_eye.observers, src)
 			mob_eye.hud_used.show_hud(mob_eye.hud_used.hud_version, src)