diff --git a/source/src/protos.h b/source/src/protos.h
index 2b24d423..d06e83c2 100644
--- a/source/src/protos.h
+++ b/source/src/protos.h
@@ -801,6 +801,7 @@ extern mapmodelinfo *getmminfo(int i);
 extern int findanim(const char *name);
 extern void loadskin(const char *dir, const char *altdir, Texture *&skin);
 extern model *loadmodel(const char *name, int i = -1, bool trydl = false);
+extern void resetmdlnotfound();
 extern void preload_playermodels();
 extern void preload_entmodels();
 extern void preload_hudguns();
diff --git a/source/src/rendermodel.cpp b/source/src/rendermodel.cpp
index 959001ca..058741d3 100644
--- a/source/src/rendermodel.cpp
+++ b/source/src/rendermodel.cpp
@@ -305,6 +305,12 @@ void cleanupmodels()
     enumerate(mdllookup, model *, m, m->cleanup());
 }
 
+void resetmdlnotfound()
+{
+    enumeratek(mdlnotfound, const char *, m, delstring(m));
+    mdlnotfound.clear();
+}
+
 void getmapmodelattributes(char *name, char *attr)
 {
     const char *res = NULL;
diff --git a/source/src/worldio.cpp b/source/src/worldio.cpp
index 9ff406c1..dcb4ee8f 100644
--- a/source/src/worldio.cpp
+++ b/source/src/worldio.cpp
@@ -818,6 +818,7 @@ bool load_world(char *mname)        // still supports all map formats that have
     c2skeepalive();
 
     watch.start();
+    if(autodownload) resetmdlnotfound();
     preload_mapmodels(autodownload ? true : false);
     int mdlloadtime = watch.elapsed();