diff --git a/include/QF/bspfile.h b/include/QF/bspfile.h
index 7ee58f496..e5226338f 100644
--- a/include/QF/bspfile.h
+++ b/include/QF/bspfile.h
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ typedef struct bsp_s {
 	int			*surfedges;
 } bsp_t;
 
+bsp_t *LoadBSPMem (void *mem, int size);
 bsp_t *LoadBSPFile (QFile *file, int size);
 void WriteBSPFile (bsp_t *bsp, QFile *file);
 bsp_t *BSP_New (void);
diff --git a/libs/util/bspfile.c b/libs/util/bspfile.c
index 79c14423e..ead1c843d 100644
--- a/libs/util/bspfile.c
+++ b/libs/util/bspfile.c
@@ -176,14 +176,11 @@ swap_bsp (bsp_t *bsp, int todisk)
 }
 
 bsp_t *
-LoadBSPFile (QFile *file, int size)
+LoadBSPMem (void *mem, int size)
 {
-	dheader_t  *header;
+	dheader_t  *header = mem;
 	bsp_t      *bsp;
 
-	header = malloc (size);
-	Qread (file, header, size);
-
 	if (LittleLong (header->version) != BSPVERSION)
 		Sys_Error ("version %i, not %i", LittleLong (header->version),
 				   BSPVERSION);
@@ -232,12 +229,24 @@ do { \
 	SET_LUMP (LUMP_ENTITIES, entdata);
 	SET_LUMP (LUMP_TEXTURES, texdata);
 
-	free (header);
 
 	swap_bsp (bsp, 0);
 	return bsp;
 }
 
+bsp_t *
+LoadBSPFile (QFile *file, int size)
+{
+	void       *buf;
+	bsp_t      *bsp;
+
+	buf = malloc (size);
+	Qread (file, buf, size);
+	bsp = LoadBSPMem (buf, size);
+	free (buf);
+	return bsp;
+}
+
 /*
 	WriteBSPFile