diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/tooltips.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/tooltips.cpp
index fad78d9a63..1e770a60b2 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/tooltips.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/tooltips.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ namespace MWGui
         , mEnabled(true)
         , mFullHelp(false)
         , mShowOwned(0)
+        , mFrameDuration(0.f)
     {
         getWidget(mDynamicToolTipBox, "DynamicToolTipBox");
 
@@ -67,6 +68,11 @@ namespace MWGui
     }
 
     void ToolTips::onFrame(float frameDuration)
+    {
+        mFrameDuration = frameDuration;
+    }
+
+    void ToolTips::update(float frameDuration)
     {
 
         while (mDynamicToolTipBox->getChildCount())
@@ -320,6 +326,8 @@ namespace MWGui
     void ToolTips::setFocusObject(const MWWorld::ConstPtr& focus)
     {
         mFocusObject = focus;
+
+        update(mFrameDuration);
     }
 
     MyGUI::IntSize ToolTips::getToolTipViaPtr (int count, bool image)
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/tooltips.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/tooltips.hpp
index 2db5fce348..bb2affc637 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/tooltips.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/tooltips.hpp
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ namespace MWGui
         ToolTips();
 
         void onFrame(float frameDuration);
+        void update(float frameDuration);
 
         void setEnabled(bool enabled);
 
@@ -126,6 +127,8 @@ namespace MWGui
         bool mFullHelp;
         
         int mShowOwned;
+
+        float mFrameDuration;
     };
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp
index c6d37b34c4..08b0e71822 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp
@@ -1756,8 +1756,6 @@ namespace MWWorld
         // inform the GUI about focused object
         MWWorld::Ptr object = getFacedObject ();
 
-        MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->setFocusObject(object);
-
         // retrieve object dimensions so we know where to place the floating label
         if (!object.isEmpty ())
         {
@@ -1766,6 +1764,8 @@ namespace MWWorld
             MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->setFocusObjectScreenCoords(
                 screenBounds.x(), screenBounds.y(), screenBounds.z(), screenBounds.w());
         }
+
+        MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->setFocusObject(object);
     }
 
     MWWorld::Ptr World::getFacedObject(float maxDistance, bool ignorePlayer)