diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
index 469d71fc4f..eefdd64528 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/renderingmanager.cpp
@@ -1659,24 +1659,35 @@ namespace MWRender
 
     osg::BoundingBox RenderingManager::getCullSafeBoundingBox(const MWWorld::Ptr& ptr) const
     {
-        const std::string model = ptr.getClass().getCorrectedModel(ptr);
-        if (model.empty())
+        if (ptr.isEmpty())
             return {};
 
-        osg::ref_ptr<SceneUtil::PositionAttitudeTransform> rootNode = new SceneUtil::PositionAttitudeTransform;
-        // Hack even used by osg internally, osg's NodeVisitor won't accept const qualified nodes
-        rootNode->addChild(const_cast<osg::Node*>(mResourceSystem->getSceneManager()->getTemplate(model).get()));
+        osg::ref_ptr<SceneUtil::PositionAttitudeTransform> rootNode = ptr.getRefData().getBaseNode();
 
-        const float refScale = ptr.getCellRef().getScale();
-        rootNode->setScale({ refScale, refScale, refScale });
-        rootNode->setPosition(osg::Vec3(0, 0, 0));
-
-        osg::ref_ptr<Animation> animation = nullptr;
-
-        if (ptr.getClass().isNpc())
+        // Recalculate bounds on the ptr's template when the object is not loaded or is loaded but paged
+        MWWorld::Scene* worldScene = MWBase::Environment::get().getWorldScene();
+        if (!rootNode || worldScene->isPagedRef(ptr))
         {
-            rootNode->setNodeMask(Mask_Actor);
-            animation = new NpcAnimation(ptr, osg::ref_ptr<osg::Group>(rootNode), mResourceSystem);
+            const std::string model = ptr.getClass().getCorrectedModel(ptr);
+
+            if (model.empty())
+                return {};
+
+            rootNode = new SceneUtil::PositionAttitudeTransform;
+            // Hack even used by osg internally, osg's NodeVisitor won't accept const qualified nodes
+            rootNode->addChild(const_cast<osg::Node*>(mResourceSystem->getSceneManager()->getTemplate(model).get()));
+
+            const float refScale = ptr.getCellRef().getScale();
+            rootNode->setScale({ refScale, refScale, refScale });
+            rootNode->setPosition(ptr.getCellRef().getPosition().asVec3());
+
+            osg::ref_ptr<Animation> animation = nullptr;
+
+            if (ptr.getClass().isNpc())
+            {
+                rootNode->setNodeMask(Mask_Actor);
+                animation = new NpcAnimation(ptr, osg::ref_ptr<osg::Group>(rootNode), mResourceSystem);
+            }
         }
 
         SceneUtil::CullSafeBoundsVisitor computeBounds;
diff --git a/files/lua_api/openmw/core.lua b/files/lua_api/openmw/core.lua
index 3813ebd4f1..9fce8e70a8 100644
--- a/files/lua_api/openmw/core.lua
+++ b/files/lua_api/openmw/core.lua
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
 -- money:split(50):moveInto(types.Container.content(cont))
 
 ---
--- The axis aligned bounding box in local coordinates.
+-- The axis aligned bounding box in world coordinates.
 -- @function [parent=#GameObject] getBoundingBox
 -- @param self
 -- @return openmw.util#Box