diff --git a/runloop.c b/runloop.c
index 16491b7f5b..ce8bdc4c43 100644
--- a/runloop.c
+++ b/runloop.c
@@ -898,6 +898,9 @@ static int rarch_main_iterate_http_parse(void)
 
    net_http_delete(g_extern.http_handle);
 
+   g_extern.http_handle = NULL;
+   msg_queue_clear(g_extern.http_msg_queue);
+
    return 0;
 }