diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/containerextensions.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwscript/containerextensions.cpp
index 3822a247bd..9708a503ee 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwscript/containerextensions.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/containerextensions.cpp
@@ -189,11 +189,17 @@ namespace MWScript
         public:
             void execute(Interpreter::Runtime& runtime) override
             {
-                MWWorld::Ptr ptr = R()(runtime);
+                MWWorld::Ptr ptr = R()(runtime, false);
 
                 ESM::RefId item = ESM::RefId::stringRefId(runtime.getStringLiteral(runtime[0].mInteger));
                 runtime.pop();
 
+                if (ptr.isEmpty() || (ptr.getType() != ESM::Container::sRecordId && !ptr.getClass().isActor()))
+                {
+                    runtime.push(0);
+                    return;
+                }
+
                 if (item == "gold_005" || item == "gold_010" || item == "gold_025" || item == "gold_100")
                     item = MWWorld::ContainerStore::sGoldId;