diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/stacks/stack.dm b/code/game/objects/items/stacks/stack.dm
index 86d3b16fbed..83cb82cb814 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/stacks/stack.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/stacks/stack.dm
@@ -33,14 +33,13 @@
 		return
 	return TRUE
 
-/obj/item/stack/Initialize(mapload, new_amount=null , merge = TRUE)
+/obj/item/stack/Initialize(mapload, new_amount, merge = TRUE)
 	. = ..()
 	if(new_amount)
-		if(new_amount > max_amount)
-			amount = max_amount
-			new type(loc, new_amount - max_amount, merge)
-		else
-			amount = new_amount
+		amount = new_amount
+	while(amount > max_amount)
+		amount -= max_amount
+		new type(loc, max_amount, FALSE)
 	if(!merge_type)
 		merge_type = type
 	if(merge)