diff --git a/src/pocketmine/Player.php b/src/pocketmine/Player.php
index c9ba779df2..98ddd6547e 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/Player.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/Player.php
@@ -2595,7 +2595,7 @@ class Player extends Human implements CommandSender, ChunkLoader, IPlayer{
 		$block = $this->level->getBlock($this->temporalVector->setComponents($packet->blockX, $packet->blockY, $packet->blockZ));
 
 		//TODO: this doesn't handle crops correctly (need more API work)
-		$item = Item::get($block->getItemId(), $block->getDamage() & $block->getVariantBitmask());
+		$item = Item::get($block->getItemId(), $block->getVariant());
 
 		if($packet->addUserData){
 			$tile = $this->getLevel()->getTile($block);
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/block/Block.php b/src/pocketmine/block/Block.php
index 7bc1c2329d..7f385e3ddf 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/block/Block.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/block/Block.php
@@ -136,6 +136,14 @@ class Block extends Position implements BlockIds, Metadatable{
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the block meta, stripped of non-variant flags.
+	 * @return int
+	 */
+	public function getVariant() : int{
+		return $this->meta & $this->getVariantBitmask();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Places the Block, using block space and block target, and side. Returns if the block has been placed.
 	 *
@@ -352,7 +360,7 @@ class Block extends Position implements BlockIds, Metadatable{
 	 */
 	public function getDrops(Item $item) : array{
 		return [
-			ItemFactory::get($this->getItemId(), $this->getDamage() & $this->getVariantBitmask(), 1)
+			ItemFactory::get($this->getItemId(), $this->getVariant(), 1)
 		];
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/pocketmine/block/WoodenStairs.php b/src/pocketmine/block/WoodenStairs.php
index 09dc4f88db..c813924e32 100644
--- a/src/pocketmine/block/WoodenStairs.php
+++ b/src/pocketmine/block/WoodenStairs.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class WoodenStairs extends Stair{
 	public function getDrops(Item $item) : array{
 		//TODO: Hierarchy problem (base class is for stone stairs)
 		return [
-			ItemFactory::get($this->getItemId(), $this->getDamage() & $this->getVariantBitmask(), 1)
+			ItemFactory::get($this->getItemId(), $this->getVariant(), 1)
 		];
 	}
 }
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