diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/objectpaging.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/objectpaging.cpp
index 6b5f9a6e34..ba0891da83 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/objectpaging.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/objectpaging.cpp
@@ -485,8 +485,7 @@ namespace MWRender
         constexpr auto copyMask = ~Mask_UpdateVisitor;
 
         AnalyzeVisitor analyzeVisitor(copyMask);
-        osg::Vec3f center3 = { center.x(), center.y(), 0.f };
-        analyzeVisitor.mCurrentDistance = (viewPoint - center3).length2();
+        analyzeVisitor.mCurrentDistance = (viewPoint - worldCenter).length2();
         float minSize = mMinSize;
         if (mMinSizeMergeFactor)
             minSize *= mMinSizeMergeFactor;