diff --git a/src/polyrenderer/scene/poly_plane.cpp b/src/polyrenderer/scene/poly_plane.cpp
index 288cb6f4b..6ad9eb054 100644
--- a/src/polyrenderer/scene/poly_plane.cpp
+++ b/src/polyrenderer/scene/poly_plane.cpp
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ void RenderPolyPlane::Render(const TriMatrix &worldToClip, const PolyClipPlane &
 		}
 	}
 
-	int lightlevel = frontsector->lightlevel;
+	int lightlevel = ceiling ? frontsector->GetCeilingLight() : frontsector->GetFloorLight();
 	int actualextralight = foggy ? 0 : PolyRenderer::Instance()->Viewpoint.extralight << 4;
 	lightlevel = clamp(lightlevel + actualextralight, 0, 255);