diff --git a/apps/opencs/model/world/universalid.cpp b/apps/opencs/model/world/universalid.cpp
index 7fc0b97911..a699b6785e 100644
--- a/apps/opencs/model/world/universalid.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs/model/world/universalid.cpp
@@ -276,8 +276,8 @@ CSMWorld::UniversalId::UniversalId(Type type, const std::string& id)
 }
 
 CSMWorld::UniversalId::UniversalId(Type type, const ESM::RefId& id)
+    : UniversalId(type, id.getRefIdString())
 {
-    UniversalId(type, id.getRefIdString());
 }
 
 CSMWorld::UniversalId::UniversalId(Type type, int index)
diff --git a/apps/opencs_tests/model/world/testuniversalid.cpp b/apps/opencs_tests/model/world/testuniversalid.cpp
index a891f7528b..93ddd6ce8f 100644
--- a/apps/opencs_tests/model/world/testuniversalid.cpp
+++ b/apps/opencs_tests/model/world/testuniversalid.cpp
@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@ namespace CSMWorld
 
             Params{ UniversalId("Instance: f"), UniversalId::Type_Reference, UniversalId::Class_SubRecord,
                 UniversalId::ArgumentType_Id, "Instance", "Instance: f", ":./instance.png" },
+
+            Params{ UniversalId(UniversalId::Type_Reference, ESM::RefId::stringRefId("g")), UniversalId::Type_Reference,
+                UniversalId::Class_SubRecord, UniversalId::ArgumentType_Id, "Instance", "Instance: g",
+                ":./instance.png" },
         };
 
         INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(ValidParams, CSMWorldUniversalIdValidPerTypeTest, ValuesIn(validParams));