diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/actoranimation.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/actoranimation.cpp
index 96141c9ebf..b4983087b5 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/actoranimation.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/actoranimation.cpp
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ namespace MWRender
             if (!weaponNode->getNumChildren())
             {
                 osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> fallbackNode
-                    = mResourceSystem->getSceneManager()->getInstance(VFS::Path::toNormalized(mesh), weaponNode);
+                    = mResourceSystem->getSceneManager()->getInstance(mesh, weaponNode);
                 resetControllers(fallbackNode);
             }