diff --git a/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftMetaTropicalFishBucket.java b/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftMetaTropicalFishBucket.java
index 448a25f009..11cfc9843e 100644
--- a/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftMetaTropicalFishBucket.java
+++ b/paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/inventory/CraftMetaTropicalFishBucket.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class CraftMetaTropicalFishBucket extends CraftMetaItem implements TropicalFishB
 
         CraftMetaTropicalFishBucket bucket = (CraftMetaTropicalFishBucket) meta;
         this.variant = bucket.variant;
+        this.entityTag = bucket.entityTag;
     }
 
     CraftMetaTropicalFishBucket(NBTTagCompound tag) {