diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Actor.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Actor.cs
index 2fab1a1b8b..1cf4b8fcdb 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Actor.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Actor.cs
@@ -43,15 +43,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 		public Rectangle Bounds { get; private set; }
 		public Rectangle VisualBounds { get; private set; }
 		public IEffectiveOwner EffectiveOwner { get; private set; }
-		public IOccupySpace OccupiesSpace
-		{
-			get
-			{
-				if (occupySpace == null)
-					occupySpace = Trait<IOccupySpace>();
-				return occupySpace;
-			}
-		}
+		public IOccupySpace OccupiesSpace { get; private set; }
 
 		public bool IsIdle { get { return currentActivity == null; } }
 		public bool IsDead { get { return Disposed || (health != null && health.IsDead); } }
@@ -69,7 +61,6 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			}
 		}
 
-		IOccupySpace occupySpace;
 		readonly IFacing facing;
 		readonly IHealth health;
 		readonly IRenderModifier[] renderModifiers;
@@ -96,7 +87,14 @@ namespace OpenRA
 
 				Info = world.Map.Rules.Actors[name];
 				foreach (var trait in Info.TraitsInConstructOrder())
+				{
 					AddTrait(trait.Create(init));
+
+					// Some traits rely on properties provided by IOccupySpace in their initialization,
+					// so we must ready it now, we cannot wait until all traits have finished construction.
+					if (trait is IOccupySpaceInfo)
+						OccupiesSpace = Trait<IOccupySpace>();
+				}
 			}
 
 			Bounds = DetermineBounds();
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/AI/HackyAI.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/AI/HackyAI.cs
index 4bcf323ecc..5a7ace582e 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/AI/HackyAI.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/AI/HackyAI.cs
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.AI
 
 			// Pick something worth attacking owned by that player
 			var target = World.Actors
-				.Where(a => a.Owner == enemy && a.Info.HasTraitInfo<IOccupySpaceInfo>())
+				.Where(a => a.Owner == enemy && a.OccupiesSpace != null)
 				.ClosestTo(World.Map.CenterOfCell(GetRandomBaseCenter()));
 
 			if (target == null)
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/ActorExts.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/ActorExts.cs
index 74f08d816a..44e9923e6b 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/ActorExts.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/ActorExts.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common
 			if (self.IsDead)
 				return false;
 
-			if (!self.Info.HasTraitInfo<IOccupySpaceInfo>())
+			if (self.OccupiesSpace == null)
 				return false;
 
 			if (!self.IsInWorld)
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Production.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Production.cs
index fe645740d0..d424c0eac8 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Production.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Production.cs
@@ -35,12 +35,9 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
 		public readonly ProductionInfo Info;
 		public string Faction { get; private set; }
 
-		readonly bool occupiesSpace;
-
 		public Production(ActorInitializer init, ProductionInfo info)
 		{
 			Info = info;
-			occupiesSpace = init.Self.Info.HasTraitInfo<IOccupySpaceInfo>();
 			rp = Exts.Lazy(() => init.Self.IsDead ? null : init.Self.TraitOrDefault<RallyPoint>());
 			Faction = init.Contains<FactionInit>() ? init.Get<FactionInit, string>() : init.Self.Owner.Faction.InternalName;
 		}
@@ -60,7 +57,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
 				new OwnerInit(self.Owner),
 			};
 
-			if (occupiesSpace)
+			if (self.OccupiesSpace != null)
 			{
 				exit = self.Location + exitinfo.ExitCell;
 				var spawn = self.CenterPosition + exitinfo.SpawnOffset;
@@ -122,7 +119,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
 			var exit = self.Info.TraitInfos<ExitInfo>().Shuffle(self.World.SharedRandom)
 				.FirstOrDefault(e => CanUseExit(self, producee, e));
 
-			if (exit != null || !occupiesSpace)
+			if (exit != null || self.OccupiesSpace == null)
 			{
 				DoProduction(self, producee, exit, factionVariant);
 				return true;
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Sound/AmbientSound.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Sound/AmbientSound.cs
index 056d6f83b3..9b1ca95441 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Sound/AmbientSound.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.Common/Traits/Sound/AmbientSound.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.Common.Traits
 	{
 		public AmbientSound(Actor self, AmbientSoundInfo info)
 		{
-			if (self.Info.HasTraitInfo<IOccupySpaceInfo>())
+			if (self.OccupiesSpace != null)
 				Game.Sound.PlayLooped(info.SoundFile, self.CenterPosition);
 			else
 				Game.Sound.PlayLooped(info.SoundFile);