diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwphysics/actor.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwphysics/actor.cpp
index 4df5646516..50b400c2ac 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwphysics/actor.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwphysics/actor.cpp
@@ -147,18 +147,20 @@ void Actor::updateCollisionObjectPosition()
 {
     std::scoped_lock lock(mPositionMutex);
     mShape->setLocalScaling(Misc::Convert::toBullet(mScale));
-    osg::Vec3f scaledTranslation = mRotation * osg::componentMultiply(mMeshTranslation, mScale);
-    osg::Vec3f newPosition = scaledTranslation + mPosition;
-    mLocalTransform.setOrigin(Misc::Convert::toBullet(newPosition));
-    mLocalTransform.setRotation(Misc::Convert::toBullet(mRotation));
-    mCollisionObject->setWorldTransform(mLocalTransform);
+    osg::Vec3f newPosition = getScaledMeshTranslation() + mPosition;
+
+    auto& trans = mCollisionObject->getWorldTransform();
+    trans.setOrigin(Misc::Convert::toBullet(newPosition));
+    trans.setRotation(Misc::Convert::toBullet(mRotation));
+    mCollisionObject->setWorldTransform(trans);
+
     mWorldPositionChanged = false;
 }
 
 osg::Vec3f Actor::getCollisionObjectPosition() const
 {
     std::scoped_lock lock(mPositionMutex);
-    return Misc::Convert::toOsg(mLocalTransform.getOrigin());
+    return getScaledMeshTranslation() + mPosition;
 }
 
 bool Actor::setPosition(const osg::Vec3f& position)
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwphysics/actor.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwphysics/actor.hpp
index 8bbb90dbed..3925edf59f 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwphysics/actor.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwphysics/actor.hpp
@@ -74,9 +74,6 @@ namespace MWPhysics
          */
         osg::Vec3f getOriginalHalfExtents() const;
 
-        /// Returns the mesh translation, scaled and rotated as necessary
-        osg::Vec3f getScaledMeshTranslation() const;
-
         /**
          * Returns the position of the collision body
          * @note The collision shape's origin is in its center, so the position returned can be described as center of the actor collision box in world space.
@@ -181,6 +178,9 @@ namespace MWPhysics
         void addCollisionMask(int collisionMask);
         int getCollisionMask() const;
 
+        /// Returns the mesh translation, scaled and rotated as necessary
+        osg::Vec3f getScaledMeshTranslation() const;
+
         bool mCanWaterWalk;
         std::atomic<bool> mWalkingOnWater;
 
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ namespace MWPhysics
         bool mWorldPositionChanged;
         bool mSkipCollisions;
         bool mSkipSimulation;
-        btTransform mLocalTransform;
         mutable std::mutex mPositionMutex;
 
         unsigned int mStuckFrames;