diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
index 04d524c70f..2f8e8c2c73 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ namespace MWRender
             }
             else
             {
-                blendRules = mResourceSystem->getAnimBlendRulesManager()->getRules(blendConfigPath);
+                blendRules = mResourceSystem->getAnimBlendRulesManager()->getRules(blendConfigPath, blendConfigPath);
             }
 
             // At this point blendRules will either be nullptr or an AnimBlendRules instance with > 0 rules inside.
diff --git a/components/resource/animblendrulesmanager.hpp b/components/resource/animblendrulesmanager.hpp
index 79fd869954..5b167f932d 100644
--- a/components/resource/animblendrulesmanager.hpp
+++ b/components/resource/animblendrulesmanager.hpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace Resource
         /// Retrieve a read-only keyframe resource by name (case-insensitive).
         /// @note Throws an exception if the resource is not found.
         osg::ref_ptr<const SceneUtil::AnimBlendRules> getRules(
-            const VFS::Path::NormalizedView path, const VFS::Path::NormalizedView overridePath = "");
+            const VFS::Path::NormalizedView path, const VFS::Path::NormalizedView overridePath);
 
         void reportStats(unsigned int frameNumber, osg::Stats* stats) const override;