diff --git a/src/openrct2/rct2/S6Exporter.cpp b/src/openrct2/rct2/S6Exporter.cpp
index cb59affa99..0208cfd9b8 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/rct2/S6Exporter.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/rct2/S6Exporter.cpp
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ void S6Exporter::ExportSpritePeep(RCT2SpritePeep* dst, const rct_peep* src)
         auto srcThought = &src->thoughts[i];
         auto dstThought = &dst->thoughts[i];
         dstThought->type = (uint8_t)srcThought->type;
-        dstThought->item = srcThought->type;
+        dstThought->item = srcThought->item;
         dstThought->freshness = srcThought->freshness;
         dstThought->fresh_timeout = srcThought->fresh_timeout;
     }
diff --git a/src/openrct2/rct2/S6Importer.cpp b/src/openrct2/rct2/S6Importer.cpp
index 44d5826a3d..cd142c1e5f 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/rct2/S6Importer.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/rct2/S6Importer.cpp
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ public:
             auto srcThought = &src->thoughts[i];
             auto dstThought = &dst->thoughts[i];
             dstThought->type = (PeepThoughtType)srcThought->type;
-            dstThought->item = srcThought->type;
+            dstThought->item = srcThought->item;
             dstThought->freshness = srcThought->freshness;
             dstThought->fresh_timeout = srcThought->fresh_timeout;
         }