diff --git a/tools/quake3/q3map2/bspfile_abstract.c b/tools/quake3/q3map2/bspfile_abstract.c
index 084b8598..d55db338 100644
--- a/tools/quake3/q3map2/bspfile_abstract.c
+++ b/tools/quake3/q3map2/bspfile_abstract.c
@@ -550,7 +550,8 @@ qboolean ParseEntity( void )
 	/* create new entity */
 	mapEnt = &entities[ numEntities ];
 	numEntities++;
-	
+	memset( mapEnt, 0, sizeof( *mapEnt ) );
+
 	/* parse */
 	while( 1 )
 	{