diff --git a/direct/src/directscripts/eggcacher.py b/direct/src/directscripts/eggcacher.py
index c8b2e942bf..c742df2ab6 100644
--- a/direct/src/directscripts/eggcacher.py
+++ b/direct/src/directscripts/eggcacher.py
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ class EggCacher:
                 self.pandaloader.loadSync(fn, self.loaderopts)
             gc.collect()
             ModelPool.releaseAllModels()
+            TexturePool.releaseAllTextures()
             progress += size