diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/esmstore.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/esmstore.cpp
index aa4cff3ad2..47e4a156b7 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/esmstore.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/esmstore.cpp
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
 
     ESMStore::ESMStore()
     {
-        mStoreImp = std::make_unique<ESMStoreImp>(*this);
+        mStoreImp = std::make_unique<ESMStoreImp>();
         std::apply([this](auto& ...x) {(ESMStoreImp::AssignStoreToIndex(*this, x), ...); }, mStoreImp->mStores);
         mDynamicCount = 0;
         mStoreImp->SetupAfterStoresCreation(*this);