diff --git a/src/new_game.c b/src/new_game.c
index 783c6893c8..4bce5a5b96 100644
--- a/src/new_game.c
+++ b/src/new_game.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ extern const u8 EventScript_ResetAllMapFlags[];
 static void ClearFrontierRecord(void);
 static void WarpToTruck(void);
 static void ResetMiniGamesRecords(void);
+static void ResetItemFlags(void);
 
 EWRAM_DATA bool8 gDifferentSaveFile = FALSE;
 EWRAM_DATA bool8 gEnableContestDebugging = FALSE;
@@ -204,6 +205,7 @@ void NewGameInitData(void)
     WipeTrainerNameRecords();
     ResetTrainerHillResults();
     ResetContestLinkResults();
+    ResetItemFlags();
 }
 
 static void ResetMiniGamesRecords(void)
@@ -213,3 +215,10 @@ static void ResetMiniGamesRecords(void)
     ResetPokemonJumpRecords();
     CpuFill16(0, &gSaveBlock2Ptr->berryPick, sizeof(struct BerryPickingResults));
 }
+
+static void ResetItemFlags(void)
+{
+#if OW_SHOW_ITEM_DESCRIPTIONS == OW_ITEM_DESCRIPTIONS_FIRST_TIME
+    memset(&gSaveBlock3Ptr->itemFlags, 0, sizeof(gSaveBlock3Ptr->itemFlags));
+#endif
+}