diff --git a/Core/GameEngine/Include/Common/AudioRequest.h b/Core/GameEngine/Include/Common/AudioRequest.h
index a0321fdb481..3174fe85a8a 100644
--- a/Core/GameEngine/Include/Common/AudioRequest.h
+++ b/Core/GameEngine/Include/Common/AudioRequest.h
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ struct AudioRequest : public MemoryPoolObject
 	MEMORY_POOL_GLUE_WITH_USERLOOKUP_CREATE( AudioRequest, "AudioRequest" )
 
 public:
+	AudioEventRTS* releasePendingEvent();
+
 	RequestType m_request;
 	union
 	{
diff --git a/Core/GameEngine/Source/Common/Audio/AudioRequest.cpp b/Core/GameEngine/Source/Common/Audio/AudioRequest.cpp
index a3235e1b69a..15033c82e54 100644
--- a/Core/GameEngine/Source/Common/Audio/AudioRequest.cpp
+++ b/Core/GameEngine/Source/Common/Audio/AudioRequest.cpp
@@ -30,5 +30,22 @@
 
 AudioRequest::~AudioRequest()
 {
+	if (m_usePendingEvent)
+	{
+		delete m_pendingEvent;
+	}
+}
+
+AudioEventRTS* AudioRequest::releasePendingEvent()
+{
+	DEBUG_ASSERTCRASH(m_usePendingEvent && m_pendingEvent, ("audio request was expected to contain valid audio event"));
 
+	if (m_usePendingEvent)
+	{
+		m_usePendingEvent = false;
+		AudioEventRTS* event = m_pendingEvent;
+		m_pendingEvent = nullptr;
+		return event;
+	}
+	return nullptr;
 }
diff --git a/Core/GameEngineDevice/Include/MilesAudioDevice/MilesAudioManager.h b/Core/GameEngineDevice/Include/MilesAudioDevice/MilesAudioManager.h
index 71707bd3054..2f4b2d7f66b 100644
--- a/Core/GameEngineDevice/Include/MilesAudioDevice/MilesAudioManager.h
+++ b/Core/GameEngineDevice/Include/MilesAudioDevice/MilesAudioManager.h
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ class MilesAudioManager : public AudioManager
 		void initSamplePools();
 		void processRequest( AudioRequest *req );
 
-		void playAudioEvent( AudioEventRTS *event );
+		void playAudioEvent( AudioRequest* req );
 		void stopAudioEvent( AudioHandle handle );
 		void pauseAudioEvent( AudioHandle handle );
 
diff --git a/Core/GameEngineDevice/Source/MilesAudioDevice/MilesAudioManager.cpp b/Core/GameEngineDevice/Source/MilesAudioDevice/MilesAudioManager.cpp
index 3a541494959..b06405bd791 100644
--- a/Core/GameEngineDevice/Source/MilesAudioDevice/MilesAudioManager.cpp
+++ b/Core/GameEngineDevice/Source/MilesAudioDevice/MilesAudioManager.cpp
@@ -652,8 +652,10 @@ void MilesAudioManager::pauseAmbient( Bool shouldPause )
 }
 
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void MilesAudioManager::playAudioEvent( AudioEventRTS *event )
+void MilesAudioManager::playAudioEvent( AudioRequest* req )
 {
+	AudioEventRTS* event = req->m_pendingEvent;
+
 #ifdef INTENSIVE_AUDIO_DEBUG
 	DEBUG_LOG(("MILES (%d) - Processing play request: %d (%s)", TheGameLogic->getFrame(), event->getPlayingHandle(), event->getEventName().str()));
 #endif
@@ -709,16 +711,16 @@ void MilesAudioManager::playAudioEvent( AudioEventRTS *event )
 			}
 
 			// Put this on here, so that the audio event RTS will be cleaned up regardless.
-			audio->m_audioEventRTS = event;
+			audio->m_audioEventRTS = req->releasePendingEvent();
 			audio->m_stream = stream;
 			audio->m_type = PAT_Stream;
 
 			if (stream) {
-				if ((info->m_soundType == AT_Streaming) && event->getUninterruptible()) {
+				if ((info->m_soundType == AT_Streaming) && audio->m_audioEventRTS->getUninterruptible()) {
 					setDisallowSpeech(TRUE);
 	 			}
-				AIL_set_stream_volume_pan(stream, getEffectiveVolume(event), 0.5f);
-				playStream(event, stream);
+				AIL_set_stream_volume_pan(stream, getEffectiveVolume(audio->m_audioEventRTS), 0.5f);
+				playStream(audio->m_audioEventRTS, stream);
 				m_playingStreams.push_back(audio);
 				audio = nullptr;
 			}
@@ -778,14 +780,14 @@ void MilesAudioManager::playAudioEvent( AudioEventRTS *event )
 					sample3D = nullptr;
 				}
 				// Push it onto the list of playing things
-				audio->m_audioEventRTS = event;
+				audio->m_audioEventRTS = req->releasePendingEvent();
 				audio->m_3DSample = sample3D;
 				audio->m_file = nullptr;
 				audio->m_type = PAT_3DSample;
 				m_playing3DSounds.push_back(audio);
 
 				if (sample3D) {
-					audio->m_file = playSample3D(event, sample3D);
+					audio->m_file = playSample3D(audio->m_audioEventRTS, sample3D);
 					m_sound->notifyOf3DSampleStart();
 				}
 
@@ -849,14 +851,14 @@ void MilesAudioManager::playAudioEvent( AudioEventRTS *event )
 				}
 
 				// Push it onto the list of playing things
-				audio->m_audioEventRTS = event;
+				audio->m_audioEventRTS = req->releasePendingEvent();
 				audio->m_sample = sample;
 				audio->m_file = nullptr;
 				audio->m_type = PAT_Sample;
 				m_playingSounds.push_back(audio);
 
 				if (sample) {
-					audio->m_file = playSample(event, sample);
+					audio->m_file = playSample(audio->m_audioEventRTS, sample);
 					m_sound->notifyOf2DSampleStart();
 				}
 
@@ -2930,7 +2932,7 @@ void MilesAudioManager::processRequest( AudioRequest *req )
 	{
 		case AR_Play:
 		{
-			playAudioEvent(req->m_pendingEvent);
+			playAudioEvent(req);
 			break;
 		}
 		case AR_Pause: