diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/objectpaging.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/objectpaging.cpp
index a5015f377..d8e856e76 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/objectpaging.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/objectpaging.cpp
@@ -249,15 +249,6 @@ namespace MWRender
         }
     };
 
-    class TemplateRef : public osg::Object
-    {
-    public:
-        TemplateRef() {}
-        TemplateRef(const TemplateRef& copy, const osg::CopyOp&) : mObjects(copy.mObjects) {}
-        META_Object(MWRender, TemplateRef)
-        std::vector<osg::ref_ptr<const Object>> mObjects;
-    };
-
     class RefnumSet : public osg::Object
     {
     public:
@@ -530,7 +521,7 @@ namespace MWRender
 
         osg::ref_ptr<osg::Group> group = new osg::Group;
         osg::ref_ptr<osg::Group> mergeGroup = new osg::Group;
-        osg::ref_ptr<TemplateRef> templateRefs = new TemplateRef;
+        osg::ref_ptr<Resource::TemplateMultiRef> templateRefs = new Resource::TemplateMultiRef;
         osgUtil::StateToCompile stateToCompile(0, nullptr);
         CopyOp copyop;
         for (const auto& pair : nodes)
@@ -596,7 +587,7 @@ namespace MWRender
             if (numinstances > 0)
             {
                 // add a ref to the original template, to hint to the cache that it's still being used and should be kept in cache
-                templateRefs->mObjects.emplace_back(cnode);
+                templateRefs->addRef(cnode);
 
                 if (pair.second.mNeedCompile)
                 {
diff --git a/components/resource/scenemanager.cpp b/components/resource/scenemanager.cpp
index 2630cd453..e75fa4f74 100644
--- a/components/resource/scenemanager.cpp
+++ b/components/resource/scenemanager.cpp
@@ -110,6 +110,10 @@ namespace
 
 namespace Resource
 {
+    void TemplateMultiRef::addRef(const osg::Node* node)
+    {
+        mObjects.emplace_back(node);
+    }
 
     class SharedStateManager : public osgDB::SharedStateManager
     {
@@ -554,20 +558,6 @@ namespace Resource
         return node;
     }
 
-    class TemplateRef : public osg::Object
-    {
-    public:
-        TemplateRef(const Object* object)
-            : mObject(object) {}
-        TemplateRef() {}
-        TemplateRef(const TemplateRef& copy, const osg::CopyOp&) : mObject(copy.mObject) {}
-
-        META_Object(Resource, TemplateRef)
-
-    private:
-        osg::ref_ptr<const Object> mObject;
-    };
-
     osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> SceneManager::createInstance(const std::string& name)
     {
         osg::ref_ptr<const osg::Node> scene = getTemplate(name);
diff --git a/components/resource/scenemanager.hpp b/components/resource/scenemanager.hpp
index fd75070a1..e897566a8 100644
--- a/components/resource/scenemanager.hpp
+++ b/components/resource/scenemanager.hpp
@@ -37,6 +37,31 @@ namespace Shader
 
 namespace Resource
 {
+    class TemplateRef : public osg::Object
+    {
+    public:
+        TemplateRef(const Object* object) : mObject(object) {}
+        TemplateRef() {}
+        TemplateRef(const TemplateRef& copy, const osg::CopyOp&) : mObject(copy.mObject) {}
+
+        META_Object(Resource, TemplateRef)
+
+    private:
+        osg::ref_ptr<const Object> mObject;
+    };
+
+    class TemplateMultiRef : public osg::Object
+    {
+    public:
+        TemplateMultiRef() {}
+        TemplateMultiRef(const TemplateMultiRef& copy, const osg::CopyOp&) : mObjects(copy.mObjects) {}
+        void addRef(const osg::Node* node);
+
+        META_Object(Resource, TemplateMultiRef)
+
+    private:
+        std::vector<osg::ref_ptr<const Object>> mObjects;
+    };
 
     class MultiObjectCache;
 
diff --git a/components/sceneutil/serialize.cpp b/components/sceneutil/serialize.cpp
index d03612fc1..7e176be3d 100644
--- a/components/sceneutil/serialize.cpp
+++ b/components/sceneutil/serialize.cpp
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ void registerSerializers()
         const char* ignore[] = {
             "MWRender::PtrHolder",
             "Resource::TemplateRef",
+            "Resource::TemplateMultiRef",
             "SceneUtil::CompositeStateSetUpdater",
             "SceneUtil::LightListCallback",
             "SceneUtil::LightManagerUpdateCallback",