diff --git a/code/renderer/tr_bsp.c b/code/renderer/tr_bsp.c
index 6d76e19cc..0c4900db2 100644
--- a/code/renderer/tr_bsp.c
+++ b/code/renderer/tr_bsp.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ void RE_LoadWorldMap( const char *name );
 #ifdef USE_BSP_MODELS
 #define MAX_WORLD_MODELS 64
 int       rwi = 0;
-static 		world_t		s_worldDatas[MAX_WORLD_MODELS];
+world_t		s_worldDatas[MAX_WORLD_MODELS];
 #define s_worldData s_worldDatas[rwi]
 #ifdef tr
 #undef tr
diff --git a/code/renderer/tr_init.c b/code/renderer/tr_init.c
index e65997a6c..15c3120f4 100644
--- a/code/renderer/tr_init.c
+++ b/code/renderer/tr_init.c
@@ -1904,6 +1904,11 @@ static void R_Register( void )
 
 #define EPSILON 1e-6f
 
+
+#ifdef USE_BSP_MODELS
+extern world_t		s_worldDatas[MAX_WORLD_MODELS];
+#endif
+
 /*
 ===============
 R_Init
@@ -1918,6 +1923,10 @@ void R_Init( void ) {
 	ri.Printf( PRINT_ALL, "----- R_Init -----\n" );
 
 	// clear all our internal state
+#ifdef USE_BSP_MODELS
+	Com_Memset( &trWorlds, 0, sizeof( trWorlds ) );
+	Com_Memset( &s_worldDatas, 0, sizeof( s_worldDatas ) );
+#endif
 #ifdef USE_MULTIVM_RENDERER
 	Com_Memset( &trWorlds, 0, sizeof( trWorlds ) );
 	Com_Memset( &backEnd, 0, sizeof( backEnd ) );