diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aee85ebf4b..61d88ce35c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@
     Bug #8172: Openmw-cs crashes when viewing `Dantooine, Sea`
     Bug #8187: Intervention effects should use Chebyshev distance to determine the closest marker
     Bug #8191: NiRollController does not work for sheath meshes
+    Bug #8206: Moving away from storm wind origin should make you faster
     Bug #8207: Using hand-to-hand while sneaking plays the critical hit sound when the target is not getting hurt
     Bug #8208: The launcher's view distance option's minimum value isn't capped to Vanilla's minimum
     Feature #1415: Infinite fall failsafe
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwphysics/movementsolver.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwphysics/movementsolver.cpp
index 05b9f44654..554cd7586a 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwphysics/movementsolver.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwphysics/movementsolver.cpp
@@ -178,15 +178,10 @@ namespace MWPhysics
         // Now that we have the effective movement vector, apply wind forces to it
         if (worldData.mIsInStorm && velocity.length() > 0)
         {
-            osg::Vec3f stormDirection = worldData.mStormDirection;
-            float angleDegrees = osg::RadiansToDegrees(
-                std::acos(stormDirection * velocity / (stormDirection.length() * velocity.length())));
-            static const float fStromWalkMult = MWBase::Environment::get()
-                                                    .getESMStore()
-                                                    ->get<ESM::GameSetting>()
-                                                    .find("fStromWalkMult")
-                                                    ->mValue.getFloat();
-            velocity *= 1.f - (fStromWalkMult * (angleDegrees / 180.f));
+            const MWWorld::ESMStore& store = *MWBase::Environment::get().getESMStore();
+            const float fStromWalkMult = store.get<ESM::GameSetting>().find("fStromWalkMult")->mValue.getFloat();
+            const float angleCos = worldData.mStormDirection * velocity / velocity.length();
+            velocity *= 1.f + fStromWalkMult * angleCos;
         }
 
         Stepper stepper(collisionWorld, actor.mCollisionObject);