diff --git a/code/game/mecha/mecha_wreckage.dm b/code/game/mecha/mecha_wreckage.dm
index d6a6aaf2824..8287db928f1 100644
--- a/code/game/mecha/mecha_wreckage.dm
+++ b/code/game/mecha/mecha_wreckage.dm
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
 			if(WT.remove_fuel(0,user) && do_after(user,80,target=src))
 				user.visible_message("The now-dilapidated [src] falls apart in a clatter.", "As you slice apart the final support structures, the [src] falls apart in a heap.", "You hear metal clanking to the floor.")
 				new /obj/item/stack/sheet/metal(src.loc)
-				new /obj/item/stack/rods { amount = 2 } (src.loc)
+				var/obj/item/stack/rods/rods = new /obj/item/stack/rods(src.loc)
+				rods.amount = 2
 				qdel(src)
 		else
 			if (isemptylist(welder_salvage))