diff --git a/engine/client/cl_game.c b/engine/client/cl_game.c
index fff0c217fa..9d2f14f8da 100644
--- a/engine/client/cl_game.c
+++ b/engine/client/cl_game.c
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ void CL_InitEdicts( int maxclients )
 	cls.num_client_entities = CL_UPDATE_BACKUP * NUM_PACKET_ENTITIES;
 	cls.packet_entities = Mem_Realloc( clgame.mempool, cls.packet_entities, sizeof( entity_state_t ) * cls.num_client_entities );
 	clgame.entities = Mem_Calloc( clgame.mempool, sizeof( cl_entity_t ) * clgame.maxEntities );
-	clgame.static_entities = Mem_Calloc( clgame.mempool, sizeof( cl_entity_t ) * MAX_STATIC_ENTITIES );
+	clgame.static_entities = NULL; // will be initialized later
 	clgame.numStatics = 0;
 
 	if(( clgame.maxRemapInfos - 1 ) != clgame.maxEntities )
diff --git a/engine/client/cl_parse.c b/engine/client/cl_parse.c
index 715106d9ee..ad52548ed3 100644
--- a/engine/client/cl_parse.c
+++ b/engine/client/cl_parse.c
@@ -311,10 +311,13 @@ static client entity
 static void CL_ParseStaticEntity( sizebuf_t *msg )
 {
 	int		i, newnum;
-	entity_state_t	from, to;
+	const entity_state_t from = { 0 };
+	entity_state_t to;
 	cl_entity_t	*ent;
 
-	memset( &from, 0, sizeof( from ));
+	if( !clgame.static_entities )
+		clgame.static_entities = Mem_Calloc( clgame.mempool, sizeof( cl_entity_t ) * MAX_STATIC_ENTITIES );
+
 	newnum = MSG_ReadUBitLong( msg, MAX_ENTITY_BITS );
 	MSG_ReadDeltaEntity( msg, &from, &to, 0, DELTA_STATIC, cl.mtime[0] );
 
diff --git a/engine/client/cl_parse_48.c b/engine/client/cl_parse_48.c
index a1081ca70a..3703935a29 100644
--- a/engine/client/cl_parse_48.c
+++ b/engine/client/cl_parse_48.c
@@ -33,10 +33,12 @@ static client entity
 static void CL_LegacyParseStaticEntity( sizebuf_t *msg )
 {
 	int		i;
-	entity_state_t	state;
+	entity_state_t state = { 0 };
 	cl_entity_t	*ent;
 
-	memset( &state, 0, sizeof( state ));
+	if( !clgame.static_entities )
+		clgame.static_entities = Mem_Calloc( clgame.mempool, sizeof( cl_entity_t ) * MAX_STATIC_ENTITIES );
+
 	state.modelindex = MSG_ReadShort( msg );
 	state.sequence = MSG_ReadByte( msg );
 	state.frame = MSG_ReadByte( msg );
diff --git a/engine/client/cl_qparse.c b/engine/client/cl_qparse.c
index 992d8b15d7..57b6ae908f 100644
--- a/engine/client/cl_qparse.c
+++ b/engine/client/cl_qparse.c
@@ -628,11 +628,12 @@ CL_ParseStaticEntity
 */
 static void CL_ParseQuakeStaticEntity( sizebuf_t *msg )
 {
-	entity_state_t	state;
+	entity_state_t state = { 0 };
 	cl_entity_t	*ent;
 	int		i;
 
-	memset( &state, 0, sizeof( state ));
+	if( !clgame.static_entities )
+		clgame.static_entities = Mem_Calloc( clgame.mempool, sizeof( cl_entity_t ) * MAX_STATIC_ENTITIES );
 
 	state.modelindex = MSG_ReadByte( msg );
 	state.frame = MSG_ReadByte( msg );