diff --git a/src/game/g_spawn.c b/src/game/g_spawn.c
index bd44a686..363459b4 100644
--- a/src/game/g_spawn.c
+++ b/src/game/g_spawn.c
@@ -700,6 +700,9 @@ SpawnEntities(const char *mapname, char *entities, const char *spawnpoint)
 		ED_CallSpawn(ent);
 	}
 
+	/* in case the last entity in the entstring has spawntemp fields */
+	memset(&st, 0, sizeof(st));
+
 	gi.dprintf("%i entities inhibited.\n", inhibit);
 
 	G_FindTeams();