diff --git a/src/advanced_inv.cpp b/src/advanced_inv.cpp
index 975ec9afe2b92..8d6d3ab5f813c 100644
--- a/src/advanced_inv.cpp
+++ b/src/advanced_inv.cpp
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ static itemstack i_stacked( T items )
             // check to see if it stacks with each item in a stack, not just front()
             for( auto &idx : iter->second ) {
                 for( auto &it : stacks[idx] ) {
-                    if( ( got_stacked = it->stacks_with( elem ) ) ) {
+                    if( ( got_stacked = it->display_stacked_with( elem ) ) ) {
                         stacks[idx].push_back( &elem );
                         break;
                     }
diff --git a/src/inventory_ui.cpp b/src/inventory_ui.cpp
index e515b70d1f776..f952f04a2c2b5 100644
--- a/src/inventory_ui.cpp
+++ b/src/inventory_ui.cpp
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ static std::vector<std::list<item *>> restack_items( const std::list<item>::cons
     for( auto it = from; it != to; ++it ) {
         auto match = std::find_if( res.begin(), res.end(),
         [ &it, check_components ]( const std::list<item *> &e ) {
-            return it->stacks_with( *const_cast<item *>( e.back() ), check_components );
+            return it->display_stacked_with( *const_cast<item *>( e.back() ), check_components );
         } );
 
         if( match != res.end() ) {
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ static std::vector<std::list<item *>> restack_items( const item_stack::const_ite
     for( auto it = from; it != to; ++it ) {
         auto match = std::find_if( res.begin(), res.end(),
         [ &it, check_components ]( const std::list<item *> &e ) {
-            return it->stacks_with( *const_cast<item *>( e.back() ), check_components );
+            return it->display_stacked_with( *const_cast<item *>( e.back() ), check_components );
         } );
 
         if( match != res.end() ) {
diff --git a/src/item.cpp b/src/item.cpp
index 4b9f58c723fc7..8a5d4682c6bab 100644
--- a/src/item.cpp
+++ b/src/item.cpp
@@ -679,6 +679,11 @@ int item::charges_per_volume( const units::volume &vol ) const
     }
 }
 
+bool item::display_stacked_with( const item &rhs, bool check_components ) const
+{
+    return !count_by_charges() && stacks_with( rhs, check_components );
+}
+
 bool item::stacks_with( const item &rhs, bool check_components ) const
 {
     if( type != rhs.type ) {
@@ -6588,10 +6593,19 @@ bool item::reload( player &u, item_location loc, int qty )
             }
         }
 
-        contents.emplace_back( *ammo );
-        contents.back().charges = qty;
+        item to_reload = *ammo;
+        to_reload.charges = qty;
         ammo->charges -= qty;
-
+        bool merged = false;
+        for( auto &it : contents ) {
+            if( it.merge_charges( to_reload ) ) {
+                merged = true;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        if( !merged ) {
+            contents.emplace_back( to_reload );
+        }
     } else if( is_watertight_container() ) {
         if( !ammo->made_of_from_type( LIQUID ) ) {
             debugmsg( "Tried to reload liquid container with non-liquid." );
diff --git a/src/item.h b/src/item.h
index 1ac9f2573d894..f41aee934643e 100644
--- a/src/item.h
+++ b/src/item.h
@@ -444,6 +444,14 @@ class item : public visitable<item>
          */
         int price( bool practical ) const;
 
+        /**
+         * Whether two items should stack when displayed in a inventory menu.
+         * This is different from stacks_with, when two previously non-stackable
+         * items are now stackable and mergeable because, for example, they
+         * reaches the same temperature. This is necessary to avoid misleading
+         * stacks like "3 items-count-by-charge (5)".
+         */
+        bool display_stacked_with( const item &rhs, bool check_components = false ) const;
         bool stacks_with( const item &rhs, bool check_components = false ) const;
         /**
          * Merge charges of the other item into this item.
diff --git a/src/pickup.cpp b/src/pickup.cpp
index 868430d9f42a3..442e7c2f617b2 100644
--- a/src/pickup.cpp
+++ b/src/pickup.cpp
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ void Pickup::pick_up( const tripoint &p, int min, from_where get_items_from )
     for( item_stack::iterator it : here ) {
         bool found_stack = false;
         for( std::list<item_stack::iterator> &stack : stacked_here ) {
-            if( stack.front()->stacks_with( *it ) ) {
+            if( stack.front()->display_stacked_with( *it ) ) {
                 stack.push_back( it );
                 found_stack = true;
                 break;