diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
index 5e573c1e4..3bedb5d5e 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/windowmanagerimp.cpp
@@ -1098,11 +1098,7 @@ namespace MWGui
             else if (it->first == "GUI" && it->second == "subtitles")
                 mSubtitlesEnabled = Settings::Manager::getBool ("subtitles", "GUI");
             else if (it->first == "GUI" && it->second == "menu transparency")
-            {
-                mViewer->stopThreading();
                 setMenuTransparency(Settings::Manager::getFloat("menu transparency", "GUI"));
-                mViewer->startThreading();
-            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/components/myguiplatform/myguitexture.cpp b/components/myguiplatform/myguitexture.cpp
index 7de7ebfb0..68408dd3a 100644
--- a/components/myguiplatform/myguitexture.cpp
+++ b/components/myguiplatform/myguitexture.cpp
@@ -141,11 +141,21 @@ namespace osgMyGUI
         if (!mLockedImage.valid())
             throw std::runtime_error("Texture not locked");
 
+        // mTexture might be in use by the draw thread, so create a new texture instead and use that.
+        osg::ref_ptr<osg::Texture2D> newTexture = new osg::Texture2D;
+        newTexture->setTextureSize(getWidth(), getHeight());
+        newTexture->setSourceFormat(mTexture->getSourceFormat());
+        newTexture->setSourceType(mTexture->getSourceType());
+        newTexture->setFilter(osg::Texture::MIN_FILTER, mTexture->getFilter(osg::Texture::MIN_FILTER));
+        newTexture->setFilter(osg::Texture::MAG_FILTER, mTexture->getFilter(osg::Texture::MAG_FILTER));
+        newTexture->setWrap(osg::Texture::WRAP_S, mTexture->getWrap(osg::Texture::WRAP_S));
+        newTexture->setWrap(osg::Texture::WRAP_T, mTexture->getWrap(osg::Texture::WRAP_T));
+        newTexture->setImage(mLockedImage.get());
         // Tell the texture it can get rid of the image for static textures (since
         // they aren't expected to update much at all).
-        mTexture->setImage(mLockedImage.get());
-        mTexture->setUnRefImageDataAfterApply(mUsage.isValue(MyGUI::TextureUsage::Static) ? true : false);
-        mTexture->dirtyTextureObject();
+        newTexture->setUnRefImageDataAfterApply(mUsage.isValue(MyGUI::TextureUsage::Static) ? true : false);
+
+        mTexture = newTexture;
 
         mLockedImage = nullptr;
     }
diff --git a/components/myguiplatform/myguitexture.hpp b/components/myguiplatform/myguitexture.hpp
index 109858bc8..de385e94d 100644
--- a/components/myguiplatform/myguitexture.hpp
+++ b/components/myguiplatform/myguitexture.hpp
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ namespace osgMyGUI
 
         virtual void destroy();
 
-        /// @warning If you intend to change a texture during the frame update, you must either declare the texture with DataVariance::DYNAMIC
-        /// or temporarily stop the viewer threading, to prevent race conditions with the draw thread.
         virtual void* lock(MyGUI::TextureUsage access);
         virtual void unlock();
         virtual bool isLocked();