diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/stacks/stack.dm b/code/game/objects/items/stacks/stack.dm
index b562e51f346..9dc6758cecf 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/stacks/stack.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/stacks/stack.dm
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 
 /obj/item/stack/Initialize(mapload, new_amount, merge = TRUE)
 	. = ..()
+	if(dynamic_icon_state) //If we have a dynamic icon state, we don't want item states to follow the same pattern.
+		item_state = initial(icon_state)
 	if(new_amount != null)
 		amount = new_amount
 	while(amount > max_amount)