diff --git a/code/game/objects/structures/cannons/mounted_guns/mounted_gun.dm b/code/game/objects/structures/cannons/mounted_guns/mounted_gun.dm
index 3d7b9b0136f..c128511fff2 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/structures/cannons/mounted_guns/mounted_gun.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/structures/cannons/mounted_guns/mounted_gun.dm
@@ -148,9 +148,13 @@
 /obj/structure/mounted_gun/atom_deconstruct(disassembled = TRUE)
 	. = ..()
 	dump_contents()
+	var/droploc = drop_location()
 	for (var/type in debris)
+		if(ispath(type, /obj/item/stack))
+			new type(droploc, debris[type])
+			continue
 		for (var/i in 1 to debris[type])
-			new type(drop_location())
+			new type(droploc)
 
 /obj/structure/mounted_gun/dump_contents()
 	return // Generally we don't have contents to dump but some children do.