diff --git a/core/rend/gles/CustomTexture.cpp b/core/rend/gles/CustomTexture.cpp
index 3d8db4561..0a9a20176 100644
--- a/core/rend/gles/CustomTexture.cpp
+++ b/core/rend/gles/CustomTexture.cpp
@@ -46,23 +46,28 @@ void CustomTexture::LoaderThread()
 			
 			if (texture != NULL)
 			{
-				// FIXME texture may have been deleted. Need to detect this.
 				texture->ComputeHash();
-				int width, height;
-				u8 *image_data = LoadCustomTexture(texture->texture_hash, width, height);
-				if (image_data == NULL)
+				if (texture->custom_image_data != NULL)
 				{
-					image_data = LoadCustomTexture(texture->old_texture_hash, width, height);
+					delete [] texture->custom_image_data;
+					texture->custom_image_data = NULL;
 				}
-				if (image_data != NULL)
+				if (!texture->dirty)
 				{
-					if (texture->custom_image_data != NULL)
-						delete [] texture->custom_image_data;
-					texture->custom_width = width;
-					texture->custom_height = height;
-					texture->custom_image_data = image_data;
+					int width, height;
+					u8 *image_data = LoadCustomTexture(texture->texture_hash, width, height);
+					if (image_data == NULL)
+					{
+						image_data = LoadCustomTexture(texture->old_texture_hash, width, height);
+					}
+					if (image_data != NULL)
+					{
+						texture->custom_width = width;
+						texture->custom_height = height;
+						texture->custom_image_data = image_data;
+					}
 				}
-				texture->custom_load_in_progress = false;
+				texture->custom_load_in_progress--;
 			}
 
 		} while (texture != NULL);
@@ -140,10 +145,9 @@ u8* CustomTexture::LoadCustomTexture(u32 hash, int& width, int& height)
 void CustomTexture::LoadCustomTextureAsync(TextureCacheData *texture_data)
 {
 	if (!Init())
-	{
-		texture_data->custom_load_in_progress = false;
 		return;
-	}
+
+	texture_data->custom_load_in_progress++;
 	work_queue_mutex.Lock();
 	work_queue.insert(work_queue.begin(), texture_data);
 	work_queue_mutex.Unlock();
diff --git a/core/rend/gles/CustomTexture.h b/core/rend/gles/CustomTexture.h
index d0847717b..830855542 100644
--- a/core/rend/gles/CustomTexture.h
+++ b/core/rend/gles/CustomTexture.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ private:
 	cThread loader_thread;
 #endif
 	cResetEvent wakeup_thread;
-	std::vector<struct TextureCacheData *> work_queue;
+	std::vector<TextureCacheData *> work_queue;
 	cMutex work_queue_mutex;
 };
 
diff --git a/core/rend/gles/gles.cpp b/core/rend/gles/gles.cpp
index b97d9e4e2..b243a6ffc 100644
--- a/core/rend/gles/gles.cpp
+++ b/core/rend/gles/gles.cpp
@@ -1838,9 +1838,6 @@ bool RenderFrame()
 			glBufferData(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER,pvrrc.modtrig.bytes(),pvrrc.modtrig.head(),GL_STREAM_DRAW); glCheck();
 		}
 
-		int offs_x=ds2s_offs_x+0.5f;
-		//this needs to be scaled
-
 		//not all scaling affects pixel operations, scale to adjust for that
 		scale_x *= scissoring_scale_x;
 
diff --git a/core/rend/gles/gles.h b/core/rend/gles/gles.h
index 832ecf31a..c6339b802 100755
--- a/core/rend/gles/gles.h
+++ b/core/rend/gles/gles.h
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 #include <unordered_map>
+#include <atomic>
 #include "rend/rend.h"
 
 #if (defined(GLES) && !defined(TARGET_NACL32) && HOST_OS != OS_DARWIN && !defined(USE_SDL)) || defined(_ANDROID)
@@ -271,10 +272,10 @@ struct TextureCacheData
 	//a texture can't be both VQ and PAL at the same time
 	u32 texture_hash;			// xxhash of texture data, used for custom textures
 	u32 old_texture_hash;		// legacy hash
-	u8* custom_image_data;		// loaded custom image data
-	u32 custom_width;
-	u32 custom_height;
-	bool custom_load_in_progress;
+	u8* volatile custom_image_data;		// loaded custom image data
+	volatile u32 custom_width;
+	volatile u32 custom_height;
+	std::atomic_int custom_load_in_progress;
 	
 	void PrintTextureName();
 	
diff --git a/core/rend/gles/gltex.cpp b/core/rend/gles/gltex.cpp
index ef6263ddc..5bf3b45eb 100644
--- a/core/rend/gles/gltex.cpp
+++ b/core/rend/gles/gltex.cpp
@@ -296,10 +296,7 @@ void TextureCacheData::Update()
 		}
 	}
 	if (settings.rend.CustomTextures)
-	{
-		custom_load_in_progress = true;
 		custom_texture.LoadCustomTextureAsync(this);
-	}
 
 	void *temp_tex_buffer = NULL;
 	u32 upscaled_w = w;
@@ -428,7 +425,7 @@ void TextureCacheData::UploadToGPU(GLuint textype, int width, int height, u8 *te
 
 void TextureCacheData::CheckCustomTexture()
 {
-	if (custom_image_data != NULL)
+	if (custom_load_in_progress == 0 && custom_image_data != NULL)
 	{
 		UploadToGPU(GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, custom_width, custom_height, custom_image_data);
 		delete [] custom_image_data;
@@ -446,7 +443,7 @@ bool TextureCacheData::NeedsUpdate() {
 	
 bool TextureCacheData::Delete()
 {
-	if (custom_load_in_progress)
+	if (custom_load_in_progress > 0)
 		return false;
 	
 	if (pData) {
@@ -736,11 +733,7 @@ TextureCacheData *getTextureCacheData(TSP tsp, TCW tcw) {
 	}
 	else //create if not existing
 	{
-		TextureCacheData tfc={0};
-		TexCache[key] = tfc;
-
-		tx=TexCache.find(key);
-		tf=&tx->second;
+		tf=&TexCache[key];
 
 		tf->tsp = tsp;
 		tf->tcw = tcw;
@@ -800,11 +793,7 @@ text_info raw_GetTexture(TSP tsp, TCW tcw)
 	}
 	else //create if not existing
 	{
-		TextureCacheData tfc = { 0 };
-		TexCache[key] = tfc;
-
-		tx = TexCache.find(key);
-		tf = &tx->second;
+		tf = &TexCache[key];
 
 		tf->tsp = tsp;
 		tf->tcw = tcw;