diff --git a/src/object.c b/src/object.c
index 98cd3b104c..c721cb67c4 100644
--- a/src/object.c
+++ b/src/object.c
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ void object_unload_chunk(rct_object_entry *entry)
 	object_unload(object_type, chunk);
 
 	free(chunk);
+	memset(&object_entry_groups[object_type].entries[object_index], 0, sizeof(rct_object_entry_extended));
 	object_entry_groups[object_type].chunks[object_index] = (uint8*)-1;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/object_list.c b/src/object_list.c
index e5706ef093..f779483c69 100644
--- a/src/object_list.c
+++ b/src/object_list.c
@@ -541,8 +541,6 @@ void set_load_objects_fail_reason()
  */
 bool object_read_and_load_entries(SDL_RWops* rw)
 {
-	object_unload_all();
-
 	// Read all the object entries
 	rct_object_entry *entries = malloc(OBJECT_ENTRY_COUNT * sizeof(rct_object_entry));
 	sawyercoding_read_chunk(rw, (uint8*)entries);
@@ -555,6 +553,8 @@ bool object_load_entries(rct_object_entry* entries)
 {
 	log_verbose("loading required objects");
 
+	object_unload_all();
+
 	bool loadFailed = false;
 	// Load each object
 	for (int i = 0; i < OBJECT_ENTRY_COUNT; i++) {