diff --git a/Assets/Mirror/Components/PredictedRigidbody/PredictedRigidbody.cs b/Assets/Mirror/Components/PredictedRigidbody/PredictedRigidbody.cs
index 46bd3ec45..13e5160a6 100644
--- a/Assets/Mirror/Components/PredictedRigidbody/PredictedRigidbody.cs
+++ b/Assets/Mirror/Components/PredictedRigidbody/PredictedRigidbody.cs
@@ -364,15 +364,18 @@ static Vector3 MoveTowardsCustom(
                 if (_sqrDistance == 0.0 || maxDistanceDelta >= 0.0 && _sqrDistance <= maxDistanceDelta * maxDistanceDelta)
                     return target;
 
+                float distFactor = maxDistanceDelta / _distance; // unlike Vector3.MoveTowards, we only calculate this once
                 return new Vector3(
-                    current.x + (_delta.x / _distance) * maxDistanceDelta,
-                    current.y + (_delta.y / _distance) * maxDistanceDelta,
-                    current.z + (_delta.z / _distance) * maxDistanceDelta);
+                    // current.x + (_delta.x / _distance) * maxDistanceDelta,
+                    // current.y + (_delta.y / _distance) * maxDistanceDelta,
+                    // current.z + (_delta.z / _distance) * maxDistanceDelta);
+                    current.x + _delta.x * distFactor,
+                    current.y + _delta.y * distFactor,
+                    current.z + _delta.z * distFactor);
             }
 
             Vector3 newPosition = MoveTowardsCustom(currentPosition, physicsPosition, delta, sqrDistance, distance, positionStep * deltaTime);
 
-
             // smoothly interpolate to the target rotation.
             // Quaternion.RotateTowards doesn't seem to work at all, so let's use SLerp.
             // Quaternions always need to be normalized in order to be a valid rotation after operations