diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.cpp
index 79f856398..b55287cac 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/interpretercontext.cpp
@@ -576,6 +576,9 @@ namespace MWScript
     void InterpreterContext::updatePtr(const MWWorld::Ptr& base, const MWWorld::Ptr& updated)
     {
         if (!mReference.isEmpty() && base == mReference)
+        {
             mReference = updated;
+            mLocals = &mReference.getRefData().getLocals();
+        }
     }
 }