diff --git a/sulley/primitives.py b/sulley/primitives.py
index 1ec9f84..722f115 100644
--- a/sulley/primitives.py
+++ b/sulley/primitives.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ def __init__(self, value=None, fuzzable=True, name=None):
 
         self.fuzzable = fuzzable
         self.name = name
-        self.value = value
+        self.value = self.original_value = value
         self.s_type = "delim"  # for ease of object identification
 
         if self.value: