diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/aiescort.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/aiescort.cpp
index fffab8d77d..baf4f1be77 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/aiescort.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/aiescort.cpp
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ namespace MWMechanics
                 return true;
         }
 
+        if (!isWithinMaxRange(osg::Vec3f(mX, mY, mZ), actor.getRefData().getPosition().asVec3()))
+            return false;
+
         if (!mCellId.empty() && mCellId != actor.getCell()->getCell()->getCellId().mWorldspace)
             return false; // Not in the correct cell, pause and rely on the player to go back through a teleport door
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/aipackage.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/aipackage.hpp
index f9460e2645..4b760e4c95 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/aipackage.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/aipackage.hpp
@@ -94,10 +94,19 @@ namespace MWMechanics
 
             ESM::Pathgrid::Point mPrevDest;
 
+            bool isWithinMaxRange(const osg::Vec3f& pos1, const osg::Vec3f& pos2) const
+            {
+                // Maximum travel distance for vanilla compatibility.
+                // Was likely meant to prevent NPCs walking into non-loaded exterior cells, but for some reason is used in interior cells as well.
+                // We can make this configurable at some point, but the default *must* be the below value. Anything else will break shoddily-written content (*cough* MW *cough*) in bizarre ways.
+                return (pos1 - pos2).length2() <= 7168*7168;
+            }
+
         private:
             bool isNearInactiveCell(const ESM::Position& actorPos);
 
     };
+
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/aitravel.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/aitravel.cpp
index 1585a3007f..c29861f4ee 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/aitravel.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwmechanics/aitravel.cpp
@@ -13,18 +13,6 @@
 #include "movement.hpp"
 #include "creaturestats.hpp"
 
-namespace
-{
-
-bool isWithinMaxRange(const osg::Vec3f& pos1, const osg::Vec3f& pos2)
-{
-    // Maximum travel distance for vanilla compatibility.
-    // Was likely meant to prevent NPCs walking into non-loaded exterior cells, but for some reason is used in interior cells as well.
-    // We can make this configurable at some point, but the default *must* be the below value. Anything else will break shoddily-written content (*cough* MW *cough*) in bizarre ways.
-    return (pos1 - pos2).length2() <= 7168*7168;
-}
-
-}
 
 namespace MWMechanics
 {