diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/player.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/player.cpp
index 12908ca9d..280761215 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/player.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/player.cpp
@@ -253,6 +253,10 @@ namespace MWWorld
             catch (...)
             {
                 // Cell no longer exists. Place the player in a default cell.
+                ESM::Position pos = mPlayer.mData.getPosition();
+                MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->indexToPosition(0, 0, pos.pos[0], pos.pos[1], true);
+                pos.pos[2] = 0;
+                mPlayer.mData.setPosition(pos);
                 mCellStore = world.getExterior(0,0);
             }