diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/localscripts.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/localscripts.hpp
index aa22ec0424..b57e99dca9 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/localscripts.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/localscripts.hpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ namespace MWLua
         LocalScripts(LuaUtil::LuaState* lua, const LObject& obj);
 
         MWBase::LuaManager::ActorControls* getActorControls() { return &mData.mControls; }
-        const MWWorld::Ptr& getPtr() const { return mData.ptr(); }
+        const MWWorld::Ptr& getPtrOrEmpty() const { return mData.ptrOrEmpty(); }
 
         void setActive(bool active);
         void onConsume(const LObject& consumable) { callEngineHandlers(mOnConsumeHandlers, consumable); }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.cpp
index bb84dc7989..9bd8138206 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/luamanagerimp.cpp
@@ -141,8 +141,9 @@ namespace MWLua
 
         mWorldView.update();
 
-        std::erase_if(mActiveLocalScripts,
-            [](const LocalScripts* l) { return l->getPtr().isEmpty() || l->getPtr().getRefData().isDeleted(); });
+        std::erase_if(mActiveLocalScripts, [](const LocalScripts* l) {
+            return l->getPtrOrEmpty().isEmpty() || l->getPtrOrEmpty().getRefData().isDeleted();
+        });
 
         mGlobalScripts.statsNextFrame();
         for (LocalScripts* scripts : mActiveLocalScripts)
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/object.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/object.hpp
index b3fbfcdae2..89bf425295 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/object.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/object.hpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace MWLua
         using SafePtr::SafePtr;
         const MWWorld::Ptr& ptr() const
         {
-            const MWWorld::Ptr& res = ptrOrNull();
+            const MWWorld::Ptr& res = ptrOrEmpty();
             if (res.isEmpty())
                 throw std::runtime_error("Object is not available: " + id().toString());
             return res;
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/objectbindings.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/objectbindings.cpp
index 4aea21f948..0a42d15ff3 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/objectbindings.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/objectbindings.cpp
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ namespace MWLua
                     return sol::nullopt;
                 return Misc::StringUtils::lowerCase(contentList[contentFileIndex]);
             });
-            objectT["isValid"] = [](const ObjectT& o) { return !o.ptrOrNull().isEmpty(); };
+            objectT["isValid"] = [](const ObjectT& o) { return !o.ptrOrEmpty().isEmpty(); };
             objectT["recordId"] = sol::readonly_property(
                 [](const ObjectT& o) -> std::string { return o.ptr().getCellRef().getRefId().serializeText(); });
             objectT["cell"] = sol::readonly_property([](const ObjectT& o) -> sol::optional<Cell<ObjectT>> {
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/ptr.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/ptr.hpp
index 209d7d9256..1adaa3cbf9 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/ptr.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/ptr.hpp
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
 
         std::string toString() const;
 
-        const Ptr& ptrOrNull() const
+        const Ptr& ptrOrEmpty() const
         {
             update();
             return mPtr;