diff --git a/code/_helpers/unsorted.dm b/code/_helpers/unsorted.dm
index 5fbcfb1f803ce..b2a25757022d5 100644
--- a/code/_helpers/unsorted.dm
+++ b/code/_helpers/unsorted.dm
@@ -1136,7 +1136,7 @@ GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(dview_mob, /mob/dview, new)
 /mob/dview/Initialize()
 	. = ..()
 	// We don't want to be in any mob lists; we're a dummy not a mob.
-	SSmobs.mob_list -= src
+	STOP_PROCESSING(SSmobs, src)
 
 // call to generate a stack trace and print to runtime logs
 /proc/crash_with(msg)