diff --git a/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/extent/clipboard/io/legacycompat/SignCompatibilityHandler.java b/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/extent/clipboard/io/legacycompat/SignCompatibilityHandler.java
index 10d01b9ee9..bf190a7db1 100644
--- a/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/extent/clipboard/io/legacycompat/SignCompatibilityHandler.java
+++ b/worldedit-core/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/extent/clipboard/io/legacycompat/SignCompatibilityHandler.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 import com.google.gson.JsonPrimitive;
 import com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException;
 import com.sk89q.worldedit.internal.util.DeprecationUtil;
+import com.sk89q.worldedit.util.concurrency.LazyReference;
 import com.sk89q.worldedit.world.block.BaseBlock;
 import org.enginehub.linbus.tree.LinStringTag;
 import org.enginehub.linbus.tree.LinTagType;
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ public BaseBlock updateNbt(BaseBlock block) {
             jsonTextObject.add("text", jsonElement);
             newTag.put("Text" + (i + 1), LinStringTag.of(jsonTextObject.toString()));
         }
+        block = block.toBaseBlock(LazyReference.computed(newTag.build()));
         return block;
     }
 }