diff --git a/src/textures/multipatchtexture.cpp b/src/textures/multipatchtexture.cpp
index fd2b59fb16..4f327309dd 100644
--- a/src/textures/multipatchtexture.cpp
+++ b/src/textures/multipatchtexture.cpp
@@ -244,7 +244,6 @@ FMultiPatchTexture::FMultiPatchTexture (const void *texdef, FPatchLookup *patchl
 	Height = SAFESHORT(mtexture.d->height);
 	strncpy (Name, (const char *)mtexture.d->name, 8);
 	Name[8] = 0;
-
 	CalcBitSize ();
 
 	xScale = mtexture.d->ScaleX ? mtexture.d->ScaleX*(FRACUNIT/8) : FRACUNIT;
@@ -280,6 +279,10 @@ FMultiPatchTexture::FMultiPatchTexture (const void *texdef, FPatchLookup *patchl
 			NumParts--;
 			i--;
 		}
+		else
+		{
+			Parts[i].Texture->bKeepAround = true;
+		}
 		if (strife)
 			mpatch.s++;
 		else
@@ -859,7 +862,6 @@ void FTextureManager::AddTexturesLump (const void *lumpdata, int lumpsize, int d
 		{
 			pnames.Read (patchlookup[i].Name, 8);
 			patchlookup[i].Name[8] = 0;
-
 			FTextureID j = CheckForTexture (patchlookup[i].Name, FTexture::TEX_WallPatch);
 			if (j.isValid())
 			{
diff --git a/src/textures/texture.cpp b/src/textures/texture.cpp
index 093bf303b5..0434aaaa4e 100644
--- a/src/textures/texture.cpp
+++ b/src/textures/texture.cpp
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ FTexture::FTexture (const char *name, int lumpnum)
 : LeftOffset(0), TopOffset(0),
   WidthBits(0), HeightBits(0), xScale(FRACUNIT), yScale(FRACUNIT), SourceLump(lumpnum),
   UseType(TEX_Any), bNoDecals(false), bNoRemap0(false), bWorldPanning(false),
-  bMasked(true), bAlphaTexture(false), bHasCanvas(false), bWarped(0), bComplex(false), bMultiPatch(false),
+  bMasked(true), bAlphaTexture(false), bHasCanvas(false), bWarped(0), bComplex(false), bMultiPatch(false), bKeepAround(false),
   Rotations(0xFFFF), SkyOffset(0), Width(0), Height(0), WidthMask(0), Native(NULL)
 {
 	id.SetInvalid();
diff --git a/src/textures/texturemanager.cpp b/src/textures/texturemanager.cpp
index f28026f193..48f3ff9e02 100644
--- a/src/textures/texturemanager.cpp
+++ b/src/textures/texturemanager.cpp
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ void FTextureManager::ReplaceTexture (FTextureID picnum, FTexture *newtexture, b
 	Textures[index].Texture = newtexture;
 
 	newtexture->id = oldtexture->id;
-	if (free)
+	if (free && !oldtexture->bKeepAround)
 	{
 		delete oldtexture;
 	}
diff --git a/src/textures/textures.h b/src/textures/textures.h
index 100ba31e9e..837c62689c 100644
--- a/src/textures/textures.h
+++ b/src/textures/textures.h
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ public:
 							// fully composited before subjected to any kind of postprocessing instead of
 							// doing it per patch.
 	BYTE bMultiPatch:1;		// This is a multipatch texture (we really could use real type info for textures...)
+	BYTE bKeepAround:1;		// This texture was used as part of a multi-patch texture. Do not free it.
 
 	WORD Rotations;
 	SWORD SkyOffset;