diff --git a/engines/hpl1/penumbra-overture/GameScripts.cpp b/engines/hpl1/penumbra-overture/GameScripts.cpp
index 865a76b7970..5bf3dc117ec 100644
--- a/engines/hpl1/penumbra-overture/GameScripts.cpp
+++ b/engines/hpl1/penumbra-overture/GameScripts.cpp
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ static void ReplaceEntity(std::string asName, std::string asBodyName,
 			return;
 		}
 	} else {
-		iPhysicsBody *pBody = pEntity->GetBody(0);
+		pBody = pEntity->GetBody(0);
 	}
 
 	cMatrixf mtxTransform = pBody->GetWorldMatrix();