diff --git a/components/esm/esmreader.cpp b/components/esm/esmreader.cpp
index a6b947dd3..2f4f4917c 100644
--- a/components/esm/esmreader.cpp
+++ b/components/esm/esmreader.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ ESMReader::ESMReader()
     , mEncoder(nullptr)
     , mFileSize(0)
 {
+    clearCtx();
 }
 
 int ESMReader::getFormat() const
@@ -50,16 +51,21 @@ void ESMReader::restoreContext(const ESM_Context &rc)
 void ESMReader::close()
 {
     mEsm.reset();
-    mCtx.filename.clear();
-    mCtx.leftFile = 0;
-    mCtx.leftRec = 0;
-    mCtx.leftSub = 0;
-    mCtx.subCached = false;
-    mCtx.recName.clear();
-    mCtx.subName.clear();
+    clearCtx();
     mHeader.blank();
 }
 
+void ESMReader::clearCtx() 
+{
+   mCtx.filename.clear();
+   mCtx.leftFile = 0;
+   mCtx.leftRec = 0;
+   mCtx.leftSub = 0;
+   mCtx.subCached = false;
+   mCtx.recName.clear();
+   mCtx.subName.clear();
+}
+
 void ESMReader::openRaw(Files::IStreamPtr _esm, const std::string& name)
 {
     close();
diff --git a/components/esm/esmreader.hpp b/components/esm/esmreader.hpp
index 6e84fa7d4..25a339375 100644
--- a/components/esm/esmreader.hpp
+++ b/components/esm/esmreader.hpp
@@ -269,6 +269,8 @@ public:
   size_t getFileSize() const { return mFileSize; }
 
 private:
+  void clearCtx();
+
   Files::IStreamPtr mEsm;
 
   ESM_Context mCtx;