diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwphysics/physicssystem.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwphysics/physicssystem.cpp
index 55144afe7..0a687d93f 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwphysics/physicssystem.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwphysics/physicssystem.cpp
@@ -1062,9 +1062,9 @@ namespace MWPhysics
     void PhysicsSystem::updateScale(const MWWorld::Ptr &ptr)
     {
         ObjectMap::iterator found = mObjects.find(ptr);
-        float scale = ptr.getCellRef().getScale();
         if (found != mObjects.end())
         {
+            float scale = ptr.getCellRef().getScale();
             found->second->setScale(scale);
             mCollisionWorld->updateSingleAabb(found->second->getCollisionObject());
             return;
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/scene.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/scene.cpp
index 1ba17a967..5598598d0 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/scene.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/scene.cpp
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ namespace
             osg::Vec3f scaleVec (scale, scale, scale);
             ptr.getClass().adjustScale(ptr, scaleVec, true);
             rendering.scaleObject(ptr, scaleVec);
+
+            physics.updateScale(ptr);
         }
     }
 
@@ -114,7 +116,6 @@ namespace
             {
                 addObject(ptr, mPhysics, mRendering);
                 updateObjectRotation(ptr, mPhysics, mRendering, false);
-                updateObjectScale(ptr, mPhysics, mRendering);
                 ptr.getClass().adjustPosition (ptr, false);
             }
             catch (const std::exception& e)