diff --git a/scene/3d/remote_transform_3d.cpp b/scene/3d/remote_transform_3d.cpp
index f970879aa46..5080c29398a 100644
--- a/scene/3d/remote_transform_3d.cpp
+++ b/scene/3d/remote_transform_3d.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ void RemoteTransform3D::_update_remote() {
 			Transform3D our_trans = get_global_transform();
 
 			if (update_remote_rotation) {
-				n->set_rotation(our_trans.basis.get_euler_normalized(EulerOrder(n->get_rotation_order())));
+				n->set_global_rotation(our_trans.basis.get_euler_normalized(EulerOrder(n->get_rotation_order())));
 			}
 
 			if (update_remote_scale) {