diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwlua/luabindings.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwlua/luabindings.cpp
index e922eb7db5..efb64244e8 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwlua/luabindings.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwlua/luabindings.cpp
@@ -274,6 +274,8 @@ namespace MWLua
             });
 
         api["_runStandardActivationAction"] = [context](const GObject& object, const GObject& actor) {
+            if (!object.ptr().getRefData().activate())
+                return;
             context.mLuaManager->addAction(
                 [object, actor] {
                     const MWWorld::Ptr& objPtr = object.ptr();
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp
index 4c090b2701..033c6d5afc 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwworld/worldimp.cpp
@@ -3707,8 +3707,7 @@ namespace MWWorld
     void World::activate(const Ptr& object, const Ptr& actor)
     {
         breakInvisibility(actor);
-        if (object.getRefData().activate())
-            MWBase::Environment::get().getLuaManager()->objectActivated(object, actor);
+        MWBase::Environment::get().getLuaManager()->objectActivated(object, actor);
     }
 
     struct ResetActorsVisitor