diff --git a/code/game/turfs/change_turf.dm b/code/game/turfs/change_turf.dm
index 35f8c59f7c..bb5ca6da1a 100644
--- a/code/game/turfs/change_turf.dm
+++ b/code/game/turfs/change_turf.dm
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ GLOBAL_LIST_INIT(blacklisted_automated_baseturfs, typecacheof(list(
 			// basic doesn't initialize and this will cause issues
 			// no warning though because this can happen naturaly as a result of it being built on top of
 			path = /turf/open/space
-	if(!GLOB.use_preloader && path == type && !(flags & CHANGETURF_FORCEOP)) // Don't no-op if the map loader requires it to be reconstructed
+	if(!GLOB.use_preloader && path == type && !(flags & CHANGETURF_FORCEOP) && (baseturfs == new_baseturfs)) // Don't no-op if the map loader requires it to be reconstructed, or if this is a new set of baseturfs
 		return src
 	if(flags & CHANGETURF_SKIP)
 		return new path(src)