diff --git a/Content.Shared/CombatMode/SharedCombatModeSystem.cs b/Content.Shared/CombatMode/SharedCombatModeSystem.cs
index 486694a9f36..134fae45867 100644
--- a/Content.Shared/CombatMode/SharedCombatModeSystem.cs
+++ b/Content.Shared/CombatMode/SharedCombatModeSystem.cs
@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ private void SetMouseRotatorComponents(EntityUid uid, bool value)
     {
         if (value)
         {
-            var rot = EnsureComp<MouseRotatorComponent>(uid); // Corvax-Next-NoScope
             // Corvax-Next-NoScope-Start
+            var rot = EnsureComp<MouseRotatorComponent>(uid);
             if (TryComp<CombatModeComponent>(uid, out var comp) && comp.SmoothRotation) // no idea under which (intended) circumstances this can fail (if any), so i'll avoid Comp<>().
             {
                 rot.AngleTolerance = Angle.FromDegrees(1); // arbitrary