diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwbase/world.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwbase/world.hpp
index fff2926f4..488b642a7 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwbase/world.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwbase/world.hpp
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ namespace MWBase
 
                 Make it possible to check whether a cell is active
             */
-            virtual bool isCellActive(MWWorld::CellStore* cell) = 0;
+            virtual bool isCellActive(const ESM::Cell& cell) = 0;
             /*
                 End of tes3mp addition
             */
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwmp/CellController.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwmp/CellController.cpp
index 9c066ad20..af2aab6b2 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwmp/CellController.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwmp/CellController.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ void CellController::updateLocal(bool forceUpdate)
     {
         mwmp::Cell *mpCell = it->second;
 
-        if (!MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->isCellActive(mpCell->getCellStore()))
+        if (!MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->isCellActive(*mpCell->getCellStore()->getCell()))
         {
             mpCell->uninitializeLocalActors();
             mpCell->uninitializeDedicatedActors();
@@ -323,11 +323,7 @@ bool CellController::isInitializedCell(const ESM::Cell& cell)
 
 bool CellController::isActiveWorldCell(const ESM::Cell& cell)
 {
-    MWWorld::CellStore *cellStore = getCellStore(cell);
-
-    if (!cellStore) return false;
-
-    return MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->isCellActive(cellStore);
+    return MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->isCellActive(cell);
 }
 
 Cell *CellController::getCell(const ESM::Cell& cell)
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp
index 28293581f..360048aa9 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp
@@ -2905,9 +2905,20 @@ namespace MWWorld
 
         Make it possible to check whether a cell is active
     */
-    bool World::isCellActive(MWWorld::CellStore* cell)
+    bool World::isCellActive(const ESM::Cell& cell)
     {
-        return mWorldScene->isCellActive(*cell);
+        const Scene::CellStoreCollection& activeCells = mWorldScene->getActiveCells();
+        mwmp::CellController *cellController = mwmp::Main::get().getCellController();
+
+        for (auto it = activeCells.begin(); it != activeCells.end(); ++it)
+        {
+            if (cellController->isSameCell(cell, *(*it)->getCell()))
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
     }
     /*
         End of tes3mp addition
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.hpp
index 33588d2e3..6ec292f4e 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.hpp
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
 
                 Make it possible to check whether a cell is active
             */
-            bool isCellActive(MWWorld::CellStore* cell) override;
+            bool isCellActive(const ESM::Cell& cell) override;
             /*
                 End of tes3mp addition
             */