diff --git a/code/ryzom/client/src/camera_animation_manager/camera_animation_step_player_factory.cpp b/code/ryzom/client/src/camera_animation_manager/camera_animation_step_player_factory.cpp
index f2957da43..c5c5c6db5 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/client/src/camera_animation_manager/camera_animation_step_player_factory.cpp
+++ b/code/ryzom/client/src/camera_animation_manager/camera_animation_step_player_factory.cpp
@@ -140,11 +140,8 @@ NLMISC::CVector ICameraAnimationStepPlayer::computeCurrentLookAtDir(float ratio,
 	// We multiply this vector by the ratio so that we can have a vector that represent the current position we are looking at
 	startToFinal = startToFinal * ratio;
 
-	// We compute the position we are looking at
-	NLMISC::CVector currLookAtPos = startDir + startToFinal;
-
-	// We compute the direction
-	NLMISC::CVector currLookAtDir = currLookAtPos - currPos;
+	// We compute the direction we are looking at
+	NLMISC::CVector currLookAtDir = startDir + startToFinal;
 	currLookAtDir.normalize();
 
 	return currLookAtDir;
diff --git a/code/ryzom/client/src/camera_animation_manager/camera_animation_steps_players.cpp b/code/ryzom/client/src/camera_animation_manager/camera_animation_steps_players.cpp
index fd287d208..755940f40 100644
--- a/code/ryzom/client/src/camera_animation_manager/camera_animation_steps_players.cpp
+++ b/code/ryzom/client/src/camera_animation_manager/camera_animation_steps_players.cpp
@@ -82,14 +82,11 @@ public:
 
 		float ratio = currCamInfo.ElapsedTimeSinceStartStep / getDuration();
 
-		// We compute the starting look at direction
-		NLMISC::CVector startDir = currCamInfo.CamLookAtDir - currCamInfo.CamPos;
-
 		// We compute the final look at direction
 		NLMISC::CVector finalDir = resolvePositionOrEntityPosition(LookAtPos) - currCamInfo.CamPos;
 
 		// We get the current look at direction
-		camInfo.CamLookAtDir = computeCurrentLookAtDir(ratio, camInfo.CamPos, startDir, finalDir);
+		camInfo.CamLookAtDir = computeCurrentLookAtDir(ratio, camInfo.CamPos, currCamInfo.CamLookAtDir, finalDir);
 
 		return camInfo;
 	}