diff --git a/src/r_things.c b/src/r_things.c
index e69fe1b822313bbdeae871741e89924a4a678d36..41263582564bc0e9e22018ce63cfd76b945db9bf 100644
--- a/src/r_things.c
+++ b/src/r_things.c
@@ -2235,7 +2235,7 @@ static void R_ProjectSprite(mobj_t *thing)
 
 	vis->xscale = FixedMul(spritexscale, xscale); //SoM: 4/17/2000
 	vis->scale = FixedMul(spriteyscale, yscale); //<<detailshift;
-	vis->thingscale = interp.scale;
+	vis->thingscale = this_scale;
 
 	vis->spritexscale = spritexscale;
 	vis->spriteyscale = spriteyscale;