diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.cpp
index 581dcc586..296d1d0f2 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.cpp
@@ -384,9 +384,9 @@ namespace MWWorld
 
     void World::disable (Ptr reference)
     {
-        if (!reference.getRefData().isEnabled())
+        if (reference.getRefData().isEnabled())
         {
-            reference.getRefData().enable();
+            reference.getRefData().disable();
 
             if (MWRender::CellRender *render = searchRender (reference.getCell()))
             {