diff --git a/src/game/shared/tf/tf_gamerules.cpp b/src/game/shared/tf/tf_gamerules.cpp
index c3ec6c0d99..cce13ada8e 100644
--- a/src/game/shared/tf/tf_gamerules.cpp
+++ b/src/game/shared/tf/tf_gamerules.cpp
@@ -10278,7 +10278,7 @@ void CTFGameRules::ClientSettingsChanged( CBasePlayer *pPlayer )
 
 	pTFPlayer->SetDefaultFOV( iFov );
 
-	pTFPlayer->m_bFlipViewModels = Q_strcmp( engine->GetClientConVarValue( pPlayer->entindex(), "cl_flipviewmodels" ), "1" ) == 0;
+	pTFPlayer->m_bFlipViewModels = Q_atoi( engine->GetClientConVarValue( pPlayer->entindex(), "cl_flipviewmodels" ) ) > 0;
 }
 
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