diff --git a/filesystem/filesystem.c b/filesystem/filesystem.c
index 6b9e723a..c1a749e6 100644
--- a/filesystem/filesystem.c
+++ b/filesystem/filesystem.c
@@ -1729,12 +1729,17 @@ FS_Shutdown
 void FS_ShutdownStdio( void )
 {
 	int i;
+
 	// release gamedirs
 	for( i = 0; i < FI.numgames; i++ )
 	{
 		if( FI.games[i] )
+		{
 			Mem_Free( FI.games[i] );
+			FI.games[i] = NULL;
+		}
 	}
+	FI.numgames = 0;
 
 	FS_ClearSearchPath(); // release all wad files too
 	Mem_FreePool( &fs_mempool );