diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/cells.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/cells.cpp
index 3b758f866..16c1b497c 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/cells.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/cells.cpp
@@ -314,6 +314,8 @@ bool MWWorld::Cells::readRecord (ESM::ESMReader& reader, int32_t type,
         catch (...)
         {
             // silently drop cells that don't exist anymore
+            reader.skipRecord();
+            return true;
             /// \todo log
         }
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/globals.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/globals.cpp
index 663af640b..15ba27498 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/globals.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/globals.cpp
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
             if (iter!=mVariables.end())
                 iter->second.read (reader, ESM::Variant::Format_Global);
             else
-                reader.skipHRecord();
+                reader.skipRecord();
 
             return true;
         }