diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/containerstore.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/containerstore.cpp
index 2984bb319..686e790a3 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/containerstore.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/containerstore.cpp
@@ -130,7 +130,15 @@ MWWorld::ContainerStoreIterator MWWorld::ContainerStore::add (const Ptr& itemPtr
 {
     MWWorld::ContainerStoreIterator it = addImp(itemPtr);
     MWWorld::Ptr item = *it;
+
+    // we may have copied an item from the world, so reset a few things first
     item.getRefData().setBaseNode(NULL);
+    item.getCellRef().mPos.rot[0] = 0;
+    item.getCellRef().mPos.rot[1] = 0;
+    item.getCellRef().mPos.rot[2] = 0;
+    item.getCellRef().mPos.pos[0] = 0;
+    item.getCellRef().mPos.pos[1] = 0;
+    item.getCellRef().mPos.pos[2] = 0;
 
     std::string script = MWWorld::Class::get(item).getScript(item);
     if(script != "")