diff --git a/evennia/locks/lockfuncs.py b/evennia/locks/lockfuncs.py
index eda4c2d733..4b23aae515 100644
--- a/evennia/locks/lockfuncs.py
+++ b/evennia/locks/lockfuncs.py
@@ -539,7 +539,9 @@ def objtag(accessing_obj, accessed_obj, *args, **kwargs):
     Only true if accessed_obj has the specified tag and optional
     category.
     """
-    return bool(accessed_obj.tags.get(*args))
+    tagkey = args[0] if args else None
+    category = args[1] if len(args) > 1 else None
+    return bool(accessed_obj.tags.get(tagkey, category=category))
 
 
 def inside(accessing_obj, accessed_obj, *args, **kwargs):