diff --git a/source/sw/src/player.cpp b/source/sw/src/player.cpp
index 4b9bf4c05..017919a84 100644
--- a/source/sw/src/player.cpp
+++ b/source/sw/src/player.cpp
@@ -2650,6 +2650,13 @@ DoPlayerMove(PLAYERp pp)
     int friction;
     int save_cstat;
     int push_ret = 0;
+
+    // If SO interpolation is disabled, make sure the player's aiming,
+    // turning and movement still get appropriately interpolated.
+    // We do this from here instead of MovePlayer, covering the case
+    // the player gets pushed by a wall (e.g., on the boat in level 5).
+    SWBOOL interpolate_ride = pp->sop_riding && (!gs.InterpolateSO || CommEnabled);
+
     void SlipSlope(PLAYERp pp);
 
     SlipSlope(pp);
@@ -2704,6 +2711,11 @@ DoPlayerMove(PLAYERp pp)
     if (TEST(pp->Flags, PF_CLIP_CHEAT))
     {
         short sectnum=pp->cursectnum;
+        if (interpolate_ride)
+        {
+            pp->oposx = pp->posx;
+            pp->oposy = pp->posy;
+        }
         pp->posx += pp->xvect >> 14;
         pp->posy += pp->yvect >> 14;
         COVERupdatesector(pp->posx, pp->posy, &sectnum);
@@ -2726,6 +2738,12 @@ DoPlayerMove(PLAYERp pp)
             }
         }
 
+        if (interpolate_ride)
+        {
+            pp->oposx = pp->posx;
+            pp->oposy = pp->posy;
+        }
+
         save_cstat = pp->SpriteP->cstat;
         RESET(pp->SpriteP->cstat, CSTAT_SPRITE_BLOCK);
         COVERupdatesector(pp->posx, pp->posy, &pp->cursectnum);
@@ -2748,6 +2766,12 @@ DoPlayerMove(PLAYERp pp)
         }
     }
 
+    if (interpolate_ride)
+    {
+        pp->oposz = pp->posz;
+        pp->oq16ang = pp->q16ang;
+    }
+
     // check for warp - probably can remove from CeilingHit
     if (WarpPlane(&pp->posx, &pp->posy, &pp->posz, &pp->cursectnum))
         PlayerWarpUpdatePos(pp);
diff --git a/source/sw/src/track.cpp b/source/sw/src/track.cpp
index 1672ccff9..f20e2c06f 100644
--- a/source/sw/src/track.cpp
+++ b/source/sw/src/track.cpp
@@ -1636,11 +1636,6 @@ MovePlayer(PLAYERp pp, SECTOR_OBJECTp sop, int nx, int ny)
 
     if (TEST(sop->flags, SOBJ_DONT_ROTATE))
     {
-        if (!cl_sointerpolation || CommEnabled)
-        {
-            pp->oposx = pp->posx;
-            pp->oposy = pp->posy;
-        }
         UpdatePlayerSprite(pp);
         return;
     }
@@ -1686,12 +1681,6 @@ MovePlayer(PLAYERp pp, SECTOR_OBJECTp sop, int nx, int ny)
     pp->camq16ang = NORM_Q16ANGLE(pp->camq16ang);
     pp->q16ang = NORM_Q16ANGLE(pp->RevolveQ16Ang + fix16_from_int(pp->RevolveDeltaAng));
 
-    if (!cl_sointerpolation || CommEnabled)
-    {
-        pp->oq16ang = pp->q16ang;
-        pp->oposx = pp->posx;
-        pp->oposy = pp->posy;
-    }
     UpdatePlayerSprite(pp);
 }
 
@@ -1946,8 +1935,6 @@ PlayerPart:
                     pp->SpriteP->z = pp->loz;
                 }
             }
-            if (!cl_sointerpolation || CommEnabled)
-                pp->oposz = pp->posz;
         }
         else
         {