diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.cpp
index 1a424d7c8..2a89b1f42 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.cpp
@@ -647,7 +647,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
         }
     }
 
-    void World::moveObject (Ptr ptr, float x, float y, float z)
+    void World::moveObjectImp (Ptr ptr, float x, float y, float z)
     {
         ptr.getCellRef().pos.pos[0] = x;
         ptr.getCellRef().pos.pos[1] = y;
@@ -674,6 +674,11 @@ namespace MWWorld
                 }
             }
         }
+    }
+
+    void World::moveObject (Ptr ptr, float x, float y, float z)
+    {
+        moveObjectImp(ptr, x, y, z);
 
         mPhysics->moveObject (ptr.getRefData().getHandle(), Ogre::Vector3 (x, y, z),
             !DoingPhysics::isDoingPhysics());
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.hpp
index 045d37aac..53dd2c86c 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/world.hpp
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ namespace MWWorld
             ///< Return handle of the object the player is looking at
 
             void deleteObject (Ptr ptr);
+            
+            void moveObjectImp (Ptr ptr, float x, float y, float z);
 
             void moveObject (Ptr ptr, float x, float y, float z);