diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cd437bd376..6982947de9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     Bug #6964: Nerasa Dralor Won't Follow
     Bug #6974: Only harmful effects are reflected
     Bug #6986: Sound magic effect does not make noise
+    Bug #6987: Set/Mod Blindness should not darken the screen
     Feature #6945: Support S3TC-compressed and BGR/BGRA NiPixelData
     Feature #6979: Add support of loading and displaying LOD assets purely based on their filename extension
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/player.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/player.cpp
index 9c5f226bc6..f6f7ac5e15 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/player.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/player.cpp
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
         int blind = 0;
         const auto& magicEffects = playerClass.getCreatureStats(player).getMagicEffects();
         if (!world->getGodModeState())
-            blind = static_cast<int>(magicEffects.get(ESM::MagicEffect::Blind).getMagnitude());
+            blind = static_cast<int>(magicEffects.get(ESM::MagicEffect::Blind).getModifier());
         windowMgr->setBlindness(std::clamp(blind, 0, 100));
 
         int nightEye = static_cast<int>(magicEffects.get(ESM::MagicEffect::NightEye).getMagnitude());