diff --git a/components/esm/loadlevlist.cpp b/components/esm/loadlevlist.cpp
index 6080d1e1ab..ca5c5d74d8 100644
--- a/components/esm/loadlevlist.cpp
+++ b/components/esm/loadlevlist.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ namespace ESM
         else
         {
             // Original engine ignores rest of the record, even if there are items following
+            mList.clear();
             esm.skipRecord();
             return;
         }