diff --git a/source/games/duke/src/actors_d.cpp b/source/games/duke/src/actors_d.cpp
index a2bc79517..5c802da29 100644
--- a/source/games/duke/src/actors_d.cpp
+++ b/source/games/duke/src/actors_d.cpp
@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ static bool movefireball(DDukeActor* actor)
 					if (trail)
 					{
 						FireProj* proj = &trail->fproj;
-						ball->set_int_pos(proj->pos);
+						ball->spr.pos = trail->temp_pos;
 						ball->spr.xvel = proj->vel.X;
 						ball->spr.yvel = proj->vel.Y;
 						ball->spr.zvel = proj->vel.Z;
@@ -1331,7 +1331,8 @@ static bool movefireball(DDukeActor* actor)
 				ball->spr.cstat = actor->spr.cstat;
 				ball->spr.extra = 0;
 
-				ball->fproj = { ball->int_pos(), { ball->spr.xvel, ball->spr.yvel, ball->spr.zvel } };
+				ball->temp_pos = ball->spr.pos;
+				ball->fproj.vel = { ball->spr.xvel, ball->spr.yvel, ball->spr.zvel };
 
 				ChangeActorStat(ball, STAT_PROJECTILE);
 			}
diff --git a/source/games/duke/src/savegame.cpp b/source/games/duke/src/savegame.cpp
index ab6ab82da..b0f9bcf7a 100644
--- a/source/games/duke/src/savegame.cpp
+++ b/source/games/duke/src/savegame.cpp
@@ -51,9 +51,7 @@ static FSerializer& Serialize(FSerializer& arc, const char* key, FireProj& p, Fi
 {
 	if (arc.BeginObject(key))
 	{
-		arc("x", p.pos.X)
-			("y", p.pos.Y)
-			("z", p.pos.Z)
+		arc
 			("xv", p.vel.X)
 			("yv", p.vel.Y)
 			("zv", p.vel.Z)
diff --git a/source/games/duke/src/types.h b/source/games/duke/src/types.h
index c11e5ff4f..6c69b67f9 100644
--- a/source/games/duke/src/types.h
+++ b/source/games/duke/src/types.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ struct STATUSBARTYPE
 
 struct FireProj
 {
-	vec3_t pos, vel;
+	vec3_t vel;
 };
 
 // Todo - put more state in here
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public:
 	walltype* temp_walls[2]; // SE20 + SE128
 	sectortype* temp_sect, *actorstayput;
 	DAngle temp_angle; // only used by TRIPBOMB
-	DVector3 temp_pos; // used by TRIPBOMB and SE_26.
+	DVector3 temp_pos; // used by TRIPBOMB, SE_26 and FIREBALL.
 
 	TObjPtr<DDukeActor*> temp_actor, seek_actor;