diff --git a/sp/src/game/client/mapbase/vscript_vgui.cpp b/sp/src/game/client/mapbase/vscript_vgui.cpp
index c679d6e2..9b2c3af5 100644
--- a/sp/src/game/client/mapbase/vscript_vgui.cpp
+++ b/sp/src/game/client/mapbase/vscript_vgui.cpp
@@ -2610,9 +2610,17 @@ public:
 
 static inline void SetHScript( HSCRIPT &var, HSCRIPT val )
 {
-	if ( var && g_pScriptVM )
-		g_pScriptVM->ReleaseScript( var );
-	var = val;
+	if ( g_pScriptVM )
+	{
+		if ( var )
+			g_pScriptVM->ReleaseScript( var );
+
+		var = g_pScriptVM->CopyObject( val );
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		var = NULL;
+	}
 }
 
 #define CheckCallback(s)\
diff --git a/sp/src/game/shared/baseentity_shared.cpp b/sp/src/game/shared/baseentity_shared.cpp
index 5f957612..8f5660a2 100644
--- a/sp/src/game/shared/baseentity_shared.cpp
+++ b/sp/src/game/shared/baseentity_shared.cpp
@@ -3033,7 +3033,7 @@ void CBaseEntity::ScriptSetContextThink( const char* szContext, HSCRIPT hFunc, f
 
 		float nextthink = gpGlobals->curtime + flTime;
 
-		pf->m_hfnThink = hFunc;
+		pf->m_hfnThink = g_pScriptVM->CopyObject( hFunc );
 		pf->m_flNextThink = nextthink;
 
 #ifdef GAME_DLL
diff --git a/sp/src/game/shared/mapbase/vscript_singletons.cpp b/sp/src/game/shared/mapbase/vscript_singletons.cpp
index cd95b3fd..7638762e 100644
--- a/sp/src/game/shared/mapbase/vscript_singletons.cpp
+++ b/sp/src/game/shared/mapbase/vscript_singletons.cpp
@@ -2920,7 +2920,7 @@ int CScriptGameEventListener::ListenToGameEvent( const char* szEvent, HSCRIPT hF
 	if ( bValid )
 	{
 		m_iContextHash = HashContext( szContext );
-		m_hCallback = hFunc;
+		m_hCallback = g_pScriptVM->CopyObject( hFunc );
 		m_bActive = true;
 
 		s_Listeners.AddToTail( this );
@@ -4609,9 +4609,9 @@ public:
 	CScriptConCommand( const char *name, HSCRIPT fn, const char *helpString, int flags, ConCommand *pLinked = NULL )
 		: BaseClass( name, this, helpString, flags, 0 ),
 		m_pLinked(pLinked),
-		m_hCallback(fn),
 		m_hCompletionCallback(NULL)
 	{
+		m_hCallback = g_pScriptVM->CopyObject( fn );
 		m_nCmdNameLen = V_strlen(name) + 1;
 		Assert( m_nCmdNameLen - 1 <= 128 );
 	}
@@ -4701,7 +4701,7 @@ public:
 
 			BaseClass::m_pCommandCompletionCallback = this;
 			BaseClass::m_bHasCompletionCallback = true;
-			m_hCompletionCallback = fn;
+			m_hCompletionCallback = g_pScriptVM->CopyObject( fn );
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -4720,7 +4720,8 @@ public:
 
 			if ( m_hCallback )
 				g_pScriptVM->ReleaseScript( m_hCallback );
-			m_hCallback = fn;
+
+			m_hCallback = g_pScriptVM->CopyObject( fn );
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -4781,7 +4782,7 @@ public:
 
 		if (fn)
 		{
-			m_hCallback = fn;
+			m_hCallback = g_pScriptVM->CopyObject( fn );
 			BaseClass::InstallChangeCallback( (FnChangeCallback_t)ScriptConVarCallback );
 		}
 		else
diff --git a/sp/src/public/vscript/ivscript.h b/sp/src/public/vscript/ivscript.h
index e497bdc9..d835157f 100644
--- a/sp/src/public/vscript/ivscript.h
+++ b/sp/src/public/vscript/ivscript.h
@@ -1028,6 +1028,8 @@ public:
 #ifdef MAPBASE_VSCRIPT
 	virtual void CreateArray(ScriptVariant_t &arr, int size = 0) = 0;
 	virtual bool ArrayAppend(HSCRIPT hArray, const ScriptVariant_t &val) = 0;
+	// To hold strong references to script objects
+	virtual HSCRIPT CopyObject(HSCRIPT obj) = 0;
 #endif
 
 	//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/sp/src/vscript/vscript_squirrel.cpp b/sp/src/vscript/vscript_squirrel.cpp
index 88f0abbd..d7391a82 100644
--- a/sp/src/vscript/vscript_squirrel.cpp
+++ b/sp/src/vscript/vscript_squirrel.cpp
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ public:
 
 	virtual void CreateArray(ScriptVariant_t &arr, int size = 0) override;
 	virtual bool ArrayAppend(HSCRIPT hArray, const ScriptVariant_t &val) override;
+	virtual HSCRIPT CopyObject(HSCRIPT obj) override;
 
 	//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -1317,7 +1318,8 @@ SQInteger function_stub(HSQUIRRELVM vm)
 
 	ScriptFunctionBinding_t* pFunc = (ScriptFunctionBinding_t*)userptr;
 
-	auto nargs = pFunc->m_desc.m_Parameters.Count();
+	int nargs = pFunc->m_desc.m_Parameters.Count();
+	int nLastHScriptIdx = -1;
 
 	if (nargs > top)
 	{
@@ -1394,9 +1396,10 @@ SQInteger function_stub(HSQUIRRELVM vm)
 			{
 				HSQOBJECT* pObject = new HSQOBJECT;
 				*pObject = val;
-				sq_addref(vm, pObject);
 				params[i] = (HSCRIPT)pObject;
 			}
+
+			nLastHScriptIdx = i;
 			break;
 		}
 		default:
@@ -1453,6 +1456,12 @@ SQInteger function_stub(HSQUIRRELVM vm)
 		delete (HSQOBJECT*)retval.m_hScript;
 	}
 
+	for ( int i = 0; i <= nLastHScriptIdx; ++i )
+	{
+		if ( pFunc->m_desc.m_Parameters[i] == FIELD_HSCRIPT )
+			delete (HSQOBJECT*)params[i].m_hScript;
+	}
+
 	return pFunc->m_desc.m_ReturnType != FIELD_VOID;
 }
 
@@ -3201,6 +3210,17 @@ bool SquirrelVM::ArrayAppend(HSCRIPT hArray, const ScriptVariant_t &val)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+HSCRIPT SquirrelVM::CopyObject(HSCRIPT obj)
+{
+	if ( !obj )
+		return NULL;
+
+	HSQOBJECT *ret = new HSQOBJECT;
+	*ret = *(HSQOBJECT*)obj;
+	sq_addref( vm_, ret );
+	return (HSCRIPT)ret;
+}
+
 //-------------------------------------------------------------
 //-------------------------------------------------------------