diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/stacks/stack.dm b/code/game/objects/items/stacks/stack.dm
index 83cb82cb814..4d5bf2a4494 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/stacks/stack.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/stacks/stack.dm
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 /obj/item/stack/Initialize(mapload, new_amount, merge = TRUE)
 	. = ..()
-	if(new_amount)
+	if(new_amount != null)
 		amount = new_amount
 	while(amount > max_amount)
 		amount -= max_amount