diff --git a/deps/obs-scripting/obs-scripting-lua.c b/deps/obs-scripting/obs-scripting-lua.c
index 2f827b354..c322e0850 100644
--- a/deps/obs-scripting/obs-scripting-lua.c
+++ b/deps/obs-scripting/obs-scripting-lua.c
@@ -1228,10 +1228,13 @@ void obs_lua_script_unload(obs_script_t *s)
 	/* call script_unload           */
 
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&data->mutex);
+	current_lua_script = data;
 
 	lua_getglobal(script, "script_unload");
 	lua_pcall(script, 0, 0, 0);
 
+	current_lua_script = NULL;
+
 	/* ---------------------------- */
 	/* remove all callbacks         */