diff --git a/code/game/turfs/open_space.dm b/code/game/turfs/open_space.dm
index dfbffbc77c2d..be0b63efea0d 100644
--- a/code/game/turfs/open_space.dm
+++ b/code/game/turfs/open_space.dm
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ GLOBAL_DATUM_INIT(openspace_backdrop_one_for_all, /atom/movable/openspace_backdr
 	var/turf/below = get_turf_below()
 	var/depth = 0
 	while(below)
-		new /obj/vis_contents_holder(src, below, depth)
-		if(!istransparentturf(below))
+		var/below_transparent = istransparentturf(below)
+		new /obj/vis_contents_holder(src, below, depth, !below_transparent || !istype(below, /turf/open_space))
+		if(!below_transparent)
 			break
 		below = SSmapping.get_turf_below(below)
 		depth++
diff --git a/code/game/turfs/turf.dm b/code/game/turfs/turf.dm
index f9ab30019ca1..b9467eaadbcb 100644
--- a/code/game/turfs/turf.dm
+++ b/code/game/turfs/turf.dm
@@ -132,10 +132,11 @@
 	mouse_opacity = MOUSE_OPACITY_TRANSPARENT
 	anchored = TRUE
 
-/obj/vis_contents_holder/Initialize(mapload, vis, offset)
+/obj/vis_contents_holder/Initialize(mapload, vis, offset, backdrop=TRUE)
 	. = ..()
 	plane -= offset
-	vis_contents += GLOB.openspace_backdrop_one_for_all
+	if(backdrop)
+		vis_contents += GLOB.openspace_backdrop_one_for_all
 	vis_contents += vis
 	name = null // Makes it invisible on right click