diff --git a/spine-cocos2dx/example/Classes/BatchingExample.cpp b/spine-cocos2dx/example/Classes/BatchingExample.cpp
index ce5d0be7b..e14073d9a 100644
--- a/spine-cocos2dx/example/Classes/BatchingExample.cpp
+++ b/spine-cocos2dx/example/Classes/BatchingExample.cpp
@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@
 USING_NS_CC;
 using namespace spine;
 
-#define NUM_SKELETONS 50
+#define NUM_SKELETONS 50
+
+Cocos2dTextureLoader textureLoader;
 
 Scene* BatchingExample::scene () {
 	Scene *scene = Scene::create();
@@ -45,8 +47,8 @@ Scene* BatchingExample::scene () {
 bool BatchingExample::init () {
 	if (!LayerColor::initWithColor(Color4B(128, 128, 128, 255))) return false;
 
-	// Load the texture atlas.
-	Cocos2dTextureLoader textureLoader;
+	// Load the texture atlas. Note that the texture loader has to live
+	// as long as the Atlas, as the Atlas destructor will call TextureLoader::unload.
 	_atlas = new (__FILE__, __LINE__) Atlas("spineboy.atlas", &textureLoader);
 	CCASSERT(_atlas, "Error reading atlas file.");
 
diff --git a/spine-cocos2dx/src/spine/spine-cocos2dx.cpp b/spine-cocos2dx/src/spine/spine-cocos2dx.cpp
index 8a2c78bcb..0223480c7 100644
--- a/spine-cocos2dx/src/spine/spine-cocos2dx.cpp
+++ b/spine-cocos2dx/src/spine/spine-cocos2dx.cpp
@@ -106,10 +106,6 @@ GLuint filter (TextureFilter filter) {
 Cocos2dTextureLoader::Cocos2dTextureLoader() : TextureLoader() { }
 Cocos2dTextureLoader::~Cocos2dTextureLoader() { }
 
-static void unloadTexture (void* texture) {
-	((Texture2D*)texture)->release();
-}
-
 void Cocos2dTextureLoader::load(AtlasPage& page, const spine::String& path) {
 	Texture2D* texture = Director::getInstance()->getTextureCache()->addImage(path.buffer());
 	CCASSERT(texture != nullptr, "Invalid image");
@@ -118,13 +114,13 @@ void Cocos2dTextureLoader::load(AtlasPage& page, const spine::String& path) {
 	Texture2D::TexParams textureParams = {filter(page.minFilter), filter(page.magFilter), wrap(page.uWrap), wrap(page.vWrap)};
 	texture->setTexParameters(textureParams);
 	
-	page.setRendererObject(texture, unloadTexture);
+	page.setRendererObject(texture);
 	page.width = texture->getPixelsWide();
 	page.height = texture->getPixelsHigh();
 }
 	
 void Cocos2dTextureLoader::unload(void* texture) {
-	unloadTexture(texture);
+	((Texture2D*)texture)->release();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/include/spine/HasRendererObject.h b/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/include/spine/HasRendererObject.h
index 4096313ec..3799ab4c6 100644
--- a/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/include/spine/HasRendererObject.h
+++ b/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/include/spine/HasRendererObject.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ typedef void (*DisposeRendererObject) (void* rendererObject);
 
 class HasRendererObject {
 public:
-	explicit HasRendererObject() : _rendererObject(NULL) {};
+	explicit HasRendererObject() : _rendererObject(NULL), _dispose(NULL) {};
 
 	virtual ~HasRendererObject() {
 		if (_dispose && _rendererObject)
diff --git a/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/src/spine/Atlas.cpp b/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/src/spine/Atlas.cpp
index 15484e0dd..6b6595493 100644
--- a/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/src/spine/Atlas.cpp
+++ b/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/src/spine/Atlas.cpp
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ Atlas::Atlas(const char *data, int length, const char *dir, TextureLoader *textu
 }
 
 Atlas::~Atlas() {
+	if (_textureLoader) {
+		for (size_t i = 0, n = _pages.size(); i < n; ++i) {
+			_textureLoader->unload(_pages[i]->getRendererObject());
+		}
+	}
 	ContainerUtil::cleanUpVectorOfPointers(_pages);
 	ContainerUtil::cleanUpVectorOfPointers(_regions);
 }
diff --git a/spine-sfml/cpp/src/spine/spine-sfml.cpp b/spine-sfml/cpp/src/spine/spine-sfml.cpp
index e3ee1ffed..32ad83b33 100644
--- a/spine-sfml/cpp/src/spine/spine-sfml.cpp
+++ b/spine-sfml/cpp/src/spine/spine-sfml.cpp
@@ -281,10 +281,6 @@ void SkeletonDrawable::draw(RenderTarget &target, RenderStates states) const {
 	if (vertexEffect != 0) vertexEffect->end();
 }
 
-void deleteTexture(void* texture) {
-	delete (Texture *) texture;
-}
-
 void SFMLTextureLoader::load(AtlasPage &page, const String &path) {
 	Texture *texture = new Texture();
 	if (!texture->loadFromFile(path.buffer())) return;
@@ -292,14 +288,14 @@ void SFMLTextureLoader::load(AtlasPage &page, const String &path) {
 	if (page.magFilter == TextureFilter_Linear) texture->setSmooth(true);
 	if (page.uWrap == TextureWrap_Repeat && page.vWrap == TextureWrap_Repeat) texture->setRepeated(true);
 
-	page.setRendererObject(texture, deleteTexture);
+	page.setRendererObject(texture);
 	Vector2u size = texture->getSize();
 	page.width = size.x;
 	page.height = size.y;
 }
 
 void SFMLTextureLoader::unload(void *texture) {
-	deleteTexture(texture);
+	delete (Texture *) texture;
 }
 
 SpineExtension *getDefaultExtension() {