diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ffabc0b037..f81a490b49 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     Bug #6174: Spellmaking and Enchanting sliders differences from vanilla
     Bug #6184: Command and Calm and Demoralize and Frenzy and Rally magic effects inconsistencies with vanilla
     Bug #6197: Infinite Casting Loop
+    Bug #6273: Respawning NPCs rotation is inconsistent
     Feature #2554: Modifying an object triggers the instances table to scroll to the corresponding record
     Feature #2780: A way to see current OpenMW version in the console
     Feature #3616: Allow Zoom levels on the World Map
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwclass/creature.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwclass/creature.cpp
index 50dafba39b..54623e6699 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwclass/creature.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwclass/creature.cpp
@@ -846,6 +846,7 @@ namespace MWClass
 
                 // Reset to original position
                 MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->moveObject(ptr, ptr.getCellRef().getPosition().asVec3());
+                MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->rotateObject(ptr, ptr.getCellRef().getPosition().asRotationVec3(), MWBase::RotationFlag_none);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwclass/npc.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwclass/npc.cpp
index 41cf3beed5..718b4d972d 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwclass/npc.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwclass/npc.cpp
@@ -1397,6 +1397,7 @@ namespace MWClass
 
                 // Reset to original position
                 MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->moveObject(ptr, ptr.getCellRef().getPosition().asVec3());
+                MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->rotateObject(ptr, ptr.getCellRef().getPosition().asRotationVec3(), MWBase::RotationFlag_none);
             }
         }
     }