diff --git a/components/esm/defs.hpp b/components/esm/defs.hpp
index 6c0c33526e..61b7b161bf 100644
--- a/components/esm/defs.hpp
+++ b/components/esm/defs.hpp
@@ -57,6 +57,26 @@ struct Position
 };
 #pragma pack(pop)
 
+bool inline operator== (const Position& left, const Position& right) noexcept
+{
+    return left.pos[0] == right.pos[0] &&
+           left.pos[1] == right.pos[1] &&
+           left.pos[2] == right.pos[2] &&
+           left.rot[0] == right.rot[0] &&
+           left.rot[1] == right.rot[1] &&
+           left.rot[2] == right.rot[2];
+}
+
+bool inline operator!= (const Position& left, const Position& right) noexcept
+{
+    return left.pos[0] != right.pos[0] ||
+           left.pos[1] != right.pos[1] ||
+           left.pos[2] != right.pos[2] ||
+           left.rot[0] != right.rot[0] ||
+           left.rot[1] != right.rot[1] ||
+           left.rot[2] != right.rot[2];
+}
+
 template <int a, int b, int c, int d>
 struct FourCC
 {
diff --git a/components/esm/objectstate.cpp b/components/esm/objectstate.cpp
index a7a452c820..9709bf4ff6 100644
--- a/components/esm/objectstate.cpp
+++ b/components/esm/objectstate.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ void ESM::ObjectState::load (ESMReader &esm)
     mCount = 1;
     esm.getHNOT (mCount, "COUN");
 
+    mPosition = mRef.mPos;
     esm.getHNOT (mPosition, "POS_", 24);
 
     if (esm.isNextSub("LROT"))
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ void ESM::ObjectState::save (ESMWriter &esm, bool inInventory) const
     if (mCount!=1)
         esm.writeHNT ("COUN", mCount);
 
-    if (!inInventory)
+    if (!inInventory && mPosition != mRef.mPos)
         esm.writeHNT ("POS_", mPosition, 24);
 
     if (mFlags != 0)
diff --git a/components/esm/savedgame.cpp b/components/esm/savedgame.cpp
index d87607e44d..76695dbe8b 100644
--- a/components/esm/savedgame.cpp
+++ b/components/esm/savedgame.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include "esmwriter.hpp"
 
 unsigned int ESM::SavedGame::sRecordId = ESM::REC_SAVE;
-int ESM::SavedGame::sCurrentFormat = 11;
+int ESM::SavedGame::sCurrentFormat = 12;
 
 void ESM::SavedGame::load (ESMReader &esm)
 {