diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/class.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/class.cpp
index 6676ce1cf..bb9b7d982 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/class.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/class.cpp
@@ -233,7 +233,11 @@ namespace MWWorld
         Ptr newPtr = copyToCellImpl(ptr, cell);
 
         newPtr.getRefData().setCount(ptr.getRefData().getCount());
-        newPtr.getRefData().enable();
+        if (ptr.getRefData().isEnabled()) {
+            newPtr.getRefData().enable();
+        } else {
+            newPtr.getRefData().disable();
+        }
 
         return newPtr;
     }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp
index 59f6d7e86..67d8a7cec 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp
@@ -1054,8 +1054,9 @@ namespace MWWorld
         }
 
         if (mWorldScene->isCellActive(cell)) {
-            mWorldScene->addObjectToScene(dropped);
-
+            if (dropped.getRefData().isEnabled()) {
+                mWorldScene->addObjectToScene(dropped);
+            }
             std::string script = MWWorld::Class::get(dropped).getScript(dropped);
             if (!script.empty()) {
                 mLocalScripts.add(script, dropped);