diff --git a/src/openrct2/rct1/S4Importer.cpp b/src/openrct2/rct1/S4Importer.cpp
index 7e24d90b54..dcdca4c08e 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/rct1/S4Importer.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/rct1/S4Importer.cpp
@@ -2846,7 +2846,10 @@ namespace RCT1
             auto srcThought = &src->thoughts[i];
             auto dstThought = &dst->Thoughts[i];
             dstThought->type = static_cast<PeepThoughtType>(srcThought->type);
-            dstThought->item = srcThought->item;
+            if (srcThought->item == RCT12PeepThoughtItemNone)
+                dstThought->item = PeepThoughtItemNone;
+            else
+                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 0bf43eb635..ae440fa402 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/rct2/S6Importer.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/rct2/S6Importer.cpp
@@ -1721,7 +1721,7 @@ template<> void S6Importer::ImportEntity<Guest>(const RCT12SpriteBase& baseSrc)
         auto srcThought = &src->thoughts[i];
         auto dstThought = &dst->Thoughts[i];
         dstThought->type = static_cast<PeepThoughtType>(srcThought->type);
-        if (srcThought->item == 0xFF)
+        if (srcThought->item == RCT12PeepThoughtItemNone)
             dstThought->item = PeepThoughtItemNone;
         else
             dstThought->item = srcThought->item;