diff --git a/source/blender/io/wavefront_obj/exporter/obj_export_mesh.cc b/source/blender/io/wavefront_obj/exporter/obj_export_mesh.cc
index bd235ae07ae..5be68565054 100644
--- a/source/blender/io/wavefront_obj/exporter/obj_export_mesh.cc
+++ b/source/blender/io/wavefront_obj/exporter/obj_export_mesh.cc
@@ -246,8 +246,8 @@ float3 OBJMesh::calc_vertex_coords(const int vert_index, const float scaling_fac
 {
   float3 r_coords;
   copy_v3_v3(r_coords, export_mesh_eval_->mvert[vert_index].co);
-  mul_v3_fl(r_coords, scaling_factor);
   mul_m4_v3(world_and_axes_transform_, r_coords);
+  mul_v3_fl(r_coords, scaling_factor);
   return r_coords;
 }
 
diff --git a/source/blender/io/wavefront_obj/tests/obj_exporter_tests.cc b/source/blender/io/wavefront_obj/tests/obj_exporter_tests.cc
index 27f34ca6be9..e96a7d28561 100644
--- a/source/blender/io/wavefront_obj/tests/obj_exporter_tests.cc
+++ b/source/blender/io/wavefront_obj/tests/obj_exporter_tests.cc
@@ -475,6 +475,17 @@ TEST_F(obj_exporter_regression_test, cube_normal_edit)
                                _export.params);
 }
 
+TEST_F(obj_exporter_regression_test, cubes_positioned)
+{
+  OBJExportParamsDefault _export;
+  _export.params.export_materials = false;
+  _export.params.scaling_factor = 2.0f;
+  compare_obj_export_to_golden("io_tests/blend_geometry/cubes_positioned.blend",
+                               "io_tests/obj/cubes_positioned.obj",
+                               "",
+                               _export.params);
+}
+
 TEST_F(obj_exporter_regression_test, suzanne_all_data)
 {
   OBJExportParamsDefault _export;