diff --git a/code/game/objects/items/stacks/flags.dm b/code/game/objects/items/stacks/flags.dm
index bc55096211d4..484d2779f5f8 100644
--- a/code/game/objects/items/stacks/flags.dm
+++ b/code/game/objects/items/stacks/flags.dm
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 	var/obj/item/stack/flag/newflag = new src.type(T)
 	newflag.amount = 1
 	newflag.upright = TRUE
-	anchored = TRUE
+	newflag.anchored = TRUE
 	newflag.name = newflag.singular_name
 	newflag.icon_state = "[newflag.base_state]_open"
 	newflag.visible_message("<b>[user]</b> plants [newflag] firmly in the ground.")