diff --git a/src/common/engine/serializer.cpp b/src/common/engine/serializer.cpp
index ec84a5fee..8d5f9a6b8 100644
--- a/src/common/engine/serializer.cpp
+++ b/src/common/engine/serializer.cpp
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ FSerializer &Serialize(FSerializer &arc, const char *key, FTextureID &value, FTe
 			const char *name;
 			auto lump = pic->GetSourceLump();
 
-			if (fileSystem.GetLinkedTexture(lump) == pic)
+			if (TexMan.GetLinkedTexture(lump) == pic)
 			{
 				name = fileSystem.GetFileFullName(lump);
 			}
diff --git a/src/common/filesystem/filesystem.cpp b/src/common/filesystem/filesystem.cpp
index b7c370360..2b300abcf 100644
--- a/src/common/filesystem/filesystem.cpp
+++ b/src/common/filesystem/filesystem.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
 struct FileSystem::LumpRecord
 {
 	FResourceLump *lump;
-	FGameTexture* linkedTexture;
 	LumpShortName shortName;
 	FString		longName;
 	int			rfnum;
@@ -67,7 +66,6 @@ struct FileSystem::LumpRecord
 	{
 		lump = lmp;
 		rfnum = filenum;
-		linkedTexture = nullptr;
 		flags = 0;
 
 		if (lump->Flags & LUMPF_SHORTNAME)
@@ -748,35 +746,6 @@ int FileSystem::GetResource (int resid, const char *type, int filenum) const
 	return i;
 }
 
-//==========================================================================
-//
-// link a texture with a given lump
-//
-//==========================================================================
-
-void FileSystem::SetLinkedTexture(int lump, FGameTexture *tex)
-{
-	if ((size_t)lump < NumEntries)
-	{
-		FileInfo[lump].linkedTexture = tex;
-	}
-}
-
-//==========================================================================
-//
-// retrieve linked texture
-//
-//==========================================================================
-
-FGameTexture *FileSystem::GetLinkedTexture(int lump)
-{
-	if ((size_t)lump < NumEntries)
-	{
-		return FileInfo[lump].linkedTexture;
-	}
-	return NULL;
-}
-
 //==========================================================================
 //
 // FileLength
diff --git a/src/common/filesystem/filesystem.h b/src/common/filesystem/filesystem.h
index fb72d77de..b6ce6bad8 100644
--- a/src/common/filesystem/filesystem.h
+++ b/src/common/filesystem/filesystem.h
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 class FResourceFile;
 struct FResourceLump;
-class FGameTexture;
 
 union LumpShortName
 {
@@ -125,10 +124,6 @@ public:
 	inline int CheckNumForFullName (const FString &name, int wadfile) { return CheckNumForFullName(name.GetChars(), wadfile); }
 	inline int GetNumForFullName (const FString &name) { return GetNumForFullName(name.GetChars()); }
 
-	void SetLinkedTexture(int lump, FGameTexture *tex);
-	FGameTexture *GetLinkedTexture(int lump);
-
-
 	void ReadFile (int lump, void *dest);
 	TArray<uint8_t> GetFileData(int lump, int pad = 0);	// reads lump into a writable buffer and optionally adds some padding at the end. (FileData isn't writable!)
 	FileData ReadFile (int lump);
diff --git a/src/common/scripting/interface/vmnatives.cpp b/src/common/scripting/interface/vmnatives.cpp
index 54cc0d2a9..f04e39d45 100644
--- a/src/common/scripting/interface/vmnatives.cpp
+++ b/src/common/scripting/interface/vmnatives.cpp
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ DEFINE_ACTION_FUNCTION(_TexMan, GetName)
 		{
 			// Textures for full path names do not have their own name, they merely link to the source lump.
 			auto lump = tex->GetSourceLump();
-			if (fileSystem.GetLinkedTexture(lump) == tex)
+			if (TexMan.GetLinkedTexture(lump) == tex)
 				retval = fileSystem.GetFileFullName(lump);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/common/textures/gametexture.cpp b/src/common/textures/gametexture.cpp
index be4063213..3ddc8dd1b 100644
--- a/src/common/textures/gametexture.cpp
+++ b/src/common/textures/gametexture.cpp
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ FGameTexture::~FGameTexture()
 {
 	if (Base != nullptr)
 	{
-		FGameTexture* link = fileSystem.GetLinkedTexture(GetSourceLump());
-		if (link == this) fileSystem.SetLinkedTexture(GetSourceLump(), nullptr);
+		FGameTexture* link = TexMan.GetLinkedTexture(GetSourceLump());
+		if (link == this) TexMan.SetLinkedTexture(GetSourceLump(), nullptr);
 	}
 	if (SoftwareTexture != nullptr)
 	{
diff --git a/src/common/textures/texturemanager.cpp b/src/common/textures/texturemanager.cpp
index 988498408..c149d99b2 100644
--- a/src/common/textures/texturemanager.cpp
+++ b/src/common/textures/texturemanager.cpp
@@ -244,11 +244,11 @@ FTextureID FTextureManager::CheckForTexture (const char *name, ETextureType uset
 		// Any graphic being placed in the zip's root directory can not be found by this.
 		if (strchr(name, '/') || (flags & TEXMAN_ForceLookup))
 		{
-			FGameTexture *const NO_TEXTURE = (FGameTexture*)-1;
+			FGameTexture *const NO_TEXTURE = (FGameTexture*)-1; // marker for lumps we already checked that do not map to a texture.
 			int lump = fileSystem.CheckNumForFullName(name);
 			if (lump >= 0)
 			{
-				FGameTexture *tex = fileSystem.GetLinkedTexture(lump);
+				FGameTexture *tex = GetLinkedTexture(lump);
 				if (tex == NO_TEXTURE) return FTextureID(-1);
 				if (tex != NULL) return tex->GetID();
 				if (flags & TEXMAN_DontCreate) return FTextureID(-1);	// we only want to check, there's no need to create a texture if we don't have one yet.
@@ -256,13 +256,13 @@ FTextureID FTextureManager::CheckForTexture (const char *name, ETextureType uset
 				if (tex != NULL)
 				{
 					tex->AddAutoMaterials();
-					fileSystem.SetLinkedTexture(lump, tex);
+					SetLinkedTexture(lump, tex);
 					return AddGameTexture(tex);
 				}
 				else
 				{
 					// mark this lump as having no valid texture so that we don't have to retry creating one later.
-					fileSystem.SetLinkedTexture(lump, NO_TEXTURE);
+					SetLinkedTexture(lump, NO_TEXTURE);
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -1627,6 +1627,37 @@ void FTextureManager::Listaliases()
 	}
 }
 
+//==========================================================================
+//
+// link a texture with a given lump
+//
+//==========================================================================
+
+void FTextureManager::SetLinkedTexture(int lump, FGameTexture* tex)
+{
+	if ((size_t)lump < fileSystem.GetNumEntries())
+	{
+		linkedMap.Insert(lump, tex);
+	}
+}
+
+//==========================================================================
+//
+// retrieve linked texture
+//
+//==========================================================================
+
+FGameTexture* FTextureManager::GetLinkedTexture(int lump)
+{
+	if ((size_t)lump < fileSystem.GetNumEntries())
+	{
+		auto check = linkedMap.CheckKey(lump);
+		if (check) return *check;
+	}
+	return nullptr;
+}
+
+
 //==========================================================================
 //
 // FTextureID::operator+
diff --git a/src/common/textures/texturemanager.h b/src/common/textures/texturemanager.h
index 3f80514f3..cf799153f 100644
--- a/src/common/textures/texturemanager.h
+++ b/src/common/textures/texturemanager.h
@@ -88,6 +88,15 @@ public:
 		}
 	}
 
+	//==========================================================================
+	//
+	// link a texture with a given lump
+	//
+	//==========================================================================
+
+	TMap<int, FGameTexture*> linkedMap;
+	void SetLinkedTexture(int lump, FGameTexture* tex);
+	FGameTexture* GetLinkedTexture(int lump);
 
 	enum
 	{