diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/hud.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/hud.cpp
index 95cea6918..fb9e19c56 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/hud.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/hud.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,10 @@ namespace MWGui
             event->cell = *dropped.getCell()->getCell();
             event->cellRef.mRefID = dropped.getCellRef().getRefId();
             event->cellRef.mRefNum = dropped.getCellRef().getRefNum();
-            event->cellRef.mPos = dropped.getCellRef().getPosition();
+
+            // Make sure we send the RefData position instead of the CellRef one, because that's what
+            // we actually see on this client
+            event->pos = dropped.getRefData().getPosition();
             
             // We have to get the count from the dropped object because it gets changed
             // automatically for stacks of gold
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwmp/Networking.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwmp/Networking.cpp
index d1eaef391..02a2b3ecd 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwmp/Networking.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwmp/Networking.cpp
@@ -719,7 +719,7 @@ void Networking::ProcessWorldPacket(RakNet::Packet *packet)
 
         newPtr.getCellRef().setGoldValue(event->cellRef.mGoldValue);
 
-        newPtr = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->placeObject(newPtr, ptrCellStore, event->cellRef.mPos);
+        newPtr = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->placeObject(newPtr, ptrCellStore, event->pos);
 
         // Change RefNum here because the line above unsets it
         newPtr.getCellRef().setRefNumIndex(event->cellRef.mRefNum.mIndex);
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/transformationextensions.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwscript/transformationextensions.cpp
index 256cd42f4..a73ce6aa6 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwscript/transformationextensions.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/transformationextensions.cpp
@@ -549,7 +549,11 @@ namespace MWScript
                         event->cell = *ptr.getCell()->getCell();
                         event->cellRef.mRefID = ptr.getCellRef().getRefId();
                         event->cellRef.mRefNum = ptr.getCellRef().getRefNum();
-                        event->cellRef.mPos = ptr.getCellRef().getPosition();
+
+                        // Make sure we send the RefData position instead of the CellRef one, because that's what
+                        // we actually see on this client
+                        event->pos = ptr.getRefData().getPosition();
+
                         event->count = 1;
                         mwmp::Main::get().getNetworking()->GetWorldPacket(ID_OBJECT_PLACE)->Send(event);
 
diff --git a/components/openmw-mp/Packets/World/PacketObjectPlace.cpp b/components/openmw-mp/Packets/World/PacketObjectPlace.cpp
index 8a94c9f1e..b806f1ff9 100644
--- a/components/openmw-mp/Packets/World/PacketObjectPlace.cpp
+++ b/components/openmw-mp/Packets/World/PacketObjectPlace.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ void PacketObjectPlace::Packet(RakNet::BitStream *bs, WorldEvent *event, bool se
 
     RW(event->cellRef.mRefID, send);
     RW(event->cellRef.mRefNum.mIndex, send);
-    RW(event->cellRef.mPos, send);
     RW(event->cellRef.mGoldValue, send);
 
     RW(event->cell.mData.mFlags, send);
@@ -22,5 +21,6 @@ void PacketObjectPlace::Packet(RakNet::BitStream *bs, WorldEvent *event, bool se
     RW(event->cell.mData.mY, send);
     RW(event->cell.mName, send);
 
+    RW(event->pos, send);
     RW(event->count, send);
 }