diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/mdsprite.c b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/mdsprite.c
index add4ff554..6c61be762 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/mdsprite.c
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/mdsprite.c
@@ -821,8 +821,8 @@ int32_t mdloadskin(md2model_t *m, int32_t number, int32_t pal, int32_t surf)
     if (*texidx)
         return *texidx;
 
-    // possibly fetch an already loaded texture
-    if (sk)
+    // possibly fetch an already loaded multitexture :_)
+    if (pal >= (MAXPALOOKUPS - RESERVEDPALS))
         for (i=0; i<nextmodelid; i++)
             for (skzero = ((md2model_t *)models[i])->skinmap; skzero; skzero = skzero->next)
                 if (!Bstrcasecmp(skzero->fn, sk->fn) && skzero->texid[hicfxmask(pal)])
diff --git a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/polymost.c b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/polymost.c
index fe585caa3..7897b7898 100644
--- a/polymer/eduke32/build/src/polymost.c
+++ b/polymer/eduke32/build/src/polymost.c
@@ -363,8 +363,8 @@ pthtyp *gltexcache(int32_t dapicnum, int32_t dapalnum, int32_t dameth)
     pth = (pthtyp *)Bcalloc(1,sizeof(pthtyp));
     if (!pth) return NULL;
 
-    // possibly fetch an already loaded texture
-    if (si->filename) // false if skybox; we can probably ignore that for now
+    // possibly fetch an already loaded multitexture :_)
+    if (dapalnum >= (MAXPALOOKUPS - RESERVEDPALS))
         for (i = (GLTEXCACHEADSIZ - 1); i >= 0; i--)
             for (pth2=gltexcachead[i]; pth2; pth2=pth2->next)
             {