diff --git a/discord/activity.py b/discord/activity.py
index f9d43ccf9..78362a84a 100644
--- a/discord/activity.py
+++ b/discord/activity.py
@@ -99,6 +99,8 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
         ActivityButton,
     )
 
+    from .state import ConnectionState
+
 
 class BaseActivity:
     """The base activity that all user-settable activities inherit from.
@@ -809,16 +811,16 @@ ActivityTypes = Union[Activity, Game, CustomActivity, Streaming, Spotify]
 
 
 @overload
-def create_activity(data: ActivityPayload) -> ActivityTypes:
+def create_activity(data: ActivityPayload, state: ConnectionState) -> ActivityTypes:
     ...
 
 
 @overload
-def create_activity(data: None) -> None:
+def create_activity(data: None, state: ConnectionState) -> None:
     ...
 
 
-def create_activity(data: Optional[ActivityPayload]) -> Optional[ActivityTypes]:
+def create_activity(data: Optional[ActivityPayload], state: ConnectionState) -> Optional[ActivityTypes]:
     if not data:
         return None
 
@@ -831,10 +833,10 @@ def create_activity(data: Optional[ActivityPayload]) -> Optional[ActivityTypes]:
         try:
             name = data.pop('name')
         except KeyError:
-            return Activity(**data)
+            ret = Activity(**data)
         else:
             # we removed the name key from data already
-            return CustomActivity(name=name, **data)  # type: ignore
+            ret = CustomActivity(name=name, **data)  # type: ignore
     elif game_type is ActivityType.streaming:
         if 'url' in data:
             # the url won't be None here
@@ -842,4 +844,9 @@ def create_activity(data: Optional[ActivityPayload]) -> Optional[ActivityTypes]:
         return Activity(**data)
     elif game_type is ActivityType.listening and 'sync_id' in data and 'session_id' in data:
         return Spotify(**data)
-    return Activity(**data)
+    else:
+        ret = Activity(**data)
+
+    if isinstance(ret.emoji, PartialEmoji):
+        ret.emoji._state = state
+    return ret
diff --git a/discord/client.py b/discord/client.py
index bf928b1d7..0ae417f16 100644
--- a/discord/client.py
+++ b/discord/client.py
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ class Client:
         """Optional[:class:`.BaseActivity`]: The activity being used upon
         logging in.
         """
-        return create_activity(self._connection._activity)
+        return create_activity(self._connection._activity, self._connection)
 
     @activity.setter
     def activity(self, value: Optional[ActivityTypes]) -> None:
diff --git a/discord/member.py b/discord/member.py
index 4ebb6263e..b1c9e3a44 100644
--- a/discord/member.py
+++ b/discord/member.py
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ class Member(discord.abc.Messageable, _UserTag):
         self._avatar = data.get('avatar')
 
     def _presence_update(self, data: PartialPresenceUpdate, user: UserPayload) -> Optional[Tuple[User, User]]:
-        self.activities = tuple(map(create_activity, data['activities']))
+        self.activities = tuple(create_activity(d, self._state) for d in data['activities'])
         self._client_status._update(data['status'], data['client_status'])
 
         if len(user) > 1:
diff --git a/discord/widget.py b/discord/widget.py
index 0a828b08b..b10b63c31 100644
--- a/discord/widget.py
+++ b/discord/widget.py
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ class WidgetMember(BaseUser):
         except KeyError:
             activity = None
         else:
-            activity = create_activity(game)
+            activity = create_activity(game, state)
 
         self.activity: Optional[Union[BaseActivity, Spotify]] = activity