diff --git a/evennia/locks/lockfuncs.py b/evennia/locks/lockfuncs.py
index 4b23aae515..0f06470860 100644
--- a/evennia/locks/lockfuncs.py
+++ b/evennia/locks/lockfuncs.py
@@ -539,6 +539,8 @@ def objtag(accessing_obj, accessed_obj, *args, **kwargs):
     Only true if accessed_obj has the specified tag and optional
     category.
     """
+    if hasattr(accessed_obj, "obj"):
+        accessed_obj = accessed_obj.obj
     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))
@@ -555,6 +557,8 @@ def inside(accessing_obj, accessed_obj, *args, **kwargs):
     want also nested objects to pass the lock, use the `insiderecursive`
     lockfunc.
     """
+    if hasattr(accessed_obj, "obj"):
+        accessed_obj = accessed_obj.obj
     return accessing_obj.location == accessed_obj