diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
index d7f3d52d62..b8be879e58 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ Animation::Animation(const MWWorld::Ptr &ptr)
     : mPtr(ptr)
     , mInsert(NULL)
     , mTime(0.0f)
-    , mSkipFrame(false)
     , mAnimState(NULL)
+    , mSkipFrame(false)
+    , mNonAccumRoot(NULL)
 {
 }
 
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ void Animation::createEntityList(Ogre::SceneNode *node, const std::string &model
             if(!data.isEmpty())
             {
                 mTextKeys = Ogre::any_cast<NifOgre::TextKeyMap>(data);
+                mNonAccumRoot = mEntityList.mSkelBase->getSkeleton()->getBone(bone->getHandle());
                 break;
             }
         }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.hpp
index 593538ea68..3bc173d70a 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.hpp
@@ -31,12 +31,13 @@ protected:
     float mTime;
     GroupTimes mCurGroup;
     GroupTimes mNextGroup;
+    Ogre::AnimationState *mAnimState;
 
     bool mSkipFrame;
 
     NifOgre::EntityList mEntityList;
     NifOgre::TextKeyMap mTextKeys;
-    Ogre::AnimationState *mAnimState;
+    Ogre::Node *mNonAccumRoot;
 
     bool findGroupTimes(const std::string &groupname, GroupTimes *times);