diff --git a/source/blender/blenloader/intern/readfile.c b/source/blender/blenloader/intern/readfile.c
index d9dcd72b0b6..820edbe974d 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenloader/intern/readfile.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenloader/intern/readfile.c
@@ -2034,7 +2034,6 @@ void blo_make_movieclip_pointer_map(FileData *fd, Main *oldmain)
 void blo_end_movieclip_pointer_map(FileData *fd, Main *oldmain)
 {
   OldNew *entry = fd->movieclipmap->entries;
-  MovieClip *clip = oldmain->movieclips.first;
   Scene *sce = oldmain->scenes.first;
   int i;
 
@@ -2045,10 +2044,6 @@ void blo_end_movieclip_pointer_map(FileData *fd, Main *oldmain)
     }
   }
 
-  for (; clip; clip = clip->id.next) {
-    BLI_freelistN(&clip->runtime.gputextures);
-  }
-
   for (; sce; sce = sce->id.next) {
     if (sce->nodetree) {
       bNode *node;
@@ -8467,6 +8462,10 @@ static void direct_link_movieclip(BlendDataReader *reader, MovieClip *clip)
   clip->tracking_context = NULL;
   clip->tracking.stats = NULL;
 
+  /* TODO we could store those in undo cache storage as well, and preserve them instead of
+   * re-creating them... */
+  BLI_listbase_clear(&clip->runtime.gputextures);
+
   /* Needed for proper versioning, will be NULL for all newer files anyway. */
   BLO_read_data_address(reader, &clip->tracking.stabilization.rot_track);