diff --git a/asm/macros/event.inc b/asm/macros/event.inc
index 399ad6104f..9321f5b8c5 100644
--- a/asm/macros/event.inc
+++ b/asm/macros/event.inc
@@ -2408,6 +2408,7 @@
 
 	@ Gets the facing direction of a given event object and stores it in the variable \dest.
     .macro getobjectfacingdirection evObjId:req, dest:req
-    setvar VAR_TEMP_1, \evObjId
+    setvar VAR_0x8005, \evObjId
     specialvar \dest, Script_GetObjectFacingDirection
     .endm
+
diff --git a/src/event_object_movement.c b/src/event_object_movement.c
index 7facbab5c9..4105aa42a5 100644
--- a/src/event_object_movement.c
+++ b/src/event_object_movement.c
@@ -10633,9 +10633,8 @@ void GetDaycareGraphics(struct ScriptContext *ctx)
     gSpecialVar_Result = i;
 }
 
-u8 Script_GetObjectFacingDirection(void)
+u32 Script_GetObjectFacingDirection(void)
 {
-    u8 objId = GetObjectEventIdByLocalId(VarGet(VAR_TEMP_1));
-    return gObjectEvents[objId].facingDirection;
+    return gObjectEvents[GetObjectEventIdByLocalId(gSpecialVar_0x8005)].facingDirection;
 }