diff --git a/Assets/Mirror/Components/NetworkTransformBase.cs b/Assets/Mirror/Components/NetworkTransformBase.cs
index 33def3069..1bba47504 100644
--- a/Assets/Mirror/Components/NetworkTransformBase.cs
+++ b/Assets/Mirror/Components/NetworkTransformBase.cs
@@ -344,8 +344,9 @@ void Update()
                 }
 
                 // apply interpolation on client for all players
-                // except for local player if he has authority and handles it himself
-                if (!(isLocalPlayer && hasAuthority))
+                // unless this client has authority over the object. could be
+                // himself or another object that he was assigned authority over
+                if (!hasAuthority)
                 {
                     // received one yet? (initialized?)
                     if (goal != null)