diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/engineevents.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/engineevents.cpp
index 13d3f033e7..c7418ad356 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/engineevents.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/engineevents.cpp
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ namespace MWLua
         {
         }
 
-        void operator()(const OnNewGame&) const { mGlobalScripts.newGameStarted(); }
-
         void operator()(const OnActive& event) const
         {
             MWWorld::Ptr ptr = getPtr(event.mObject);
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/engineevents.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/engineevents.hpp
index 78892ae19b..b20ba2a3e8 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/engineevents.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/engineevents.hpp
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ namespace MWLua
         {
         }
 
-        struct OnNewGame
-        {
-        };
         struct OnActive
         {
             ESM::RefNum mObject;
@@ -44,7 +41,7 @@ namespace MWLua
         {
             MWWorld::CellStore& mCell;
         };
-        using Event = std::variant<OnNewGame, OnActive, OnInactive, OnConsume, OnActivate, OnNewExterior>;
+        using Event = std::variant<OnActive, OnInactive, OnConsume, OnActivate, OnNewExterior>;
 
         void clear() { mQueue.clear(); }
         void addToQueue(Event e) { mQueue.push_back(std::move(e)); }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.cpp
index e4828167c4..b2a1e4ea2d 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.cpp
@@ -194,6 +194,14 @@ namespace MWLua
         if (mPlayer.isEmpty())
             return; // The game is not started yet.
 
+        if (mNewGameStarted)
+        {
+            mNewGameStarted = false;
+            // Run onNewGame handler in synchronizedUpdate (at the beginning of the frame), so it
+            // can teleport the player to the starting location before the first frame is rendered.
+            mGlobalScripts.newGameStarted();
+        }
+
         // We apply input events in `synchronizedUpdate` rather than in `update` in order to reduce input latency.
         mProcessingInputEvents = true;
         PlayerScripts* playerScripts = dynamic_cast<PlayerScripts*>(mPlayer.getRefData().getLuaScripts());
@@ -237,6 +245,7 @@ namespace MWLua
         mWorldView.clear();
         mGlobalScripts.removeAllScripts();
         mGlobalScriptsStarted = false;
+        mNewGameStarted = false;
         if (!mPlayer.isEmpty())
         {
             mPlayer.getCellRef().unsetRefNum();
@@ -273,7 +282,7 @@ namespace MWLua
         mInputEvents.clear();
         mGlobalScripts.addAutoStartedScripts();
         mGlobalScriptsStarted = true;
-        mEngineEvents.addToQueue(EngineEvents::OnNewGame{});
+        mNewGameStarted = true;
     }
 
     void LuaManager::gameLoaded()
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.hpp
index e73a850d63..74976f1127 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.hpp
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ namespace MWLua
         bool mInitialized = false;
         bool mGlobalScriptsStarted = false;
         bool mProcessingInputEvents = false;
+        bool mNewGameStarted = false;
         LuaUtil::ScriptsConfiguration mConfiguration;
         LuaUtil::LuaState mLua;
         LuaUi::ResourceManager mUiResourceManager;