diff --git a/src/app/valentina/mainwindow.cpp b/src/app/valentina/mainwindow.cpp
index 3892d0fd8..1bffa4ea2 100644
--- a/src/app/valentina/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/app/valentina/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -4626,6 +4626,9 @@ bool MainWindow::LoadPattern(QString fileName, const QString& customMeasureFile)
 #endif
     
     FullParseFile();
+    /* Collect garbage only after successfully parse. This way wrongly accused items have one more time to restore
+     * a reference. */
+    doc->GarbageCollector(true);
 
     m_progressBar->setVisible(false);
 #if defined(Q_OS_WIN32) && QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 7, 0)
diff --git a/src/app/valentina/xml/vpattern.cpp b/src/app/valentina/xml/vpattern.cpp
index d70adff4f..7ea004bf4 100644
--- a/src/app/valentina/xml/vpattern.cpp
+++ b/src/app/valentina/xml/vpattern.cpp
@@ -3343,8 +3343,10 @@ QDomElement VPattern::FindIncrement(const QString &name) const
 }
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void VPattern::GarbageCollector()
+void VPattern::GarbageCollector(bool commit)
 {
+    bool cleared = false;
+
     QDomNodeList modelingList = elementsByTagName(TagModeling);
     for (int i=0; i < modelingList.size(); ++i)
     {
@@ -3366,7 +3368,11 @@ void VPattern::GarbageCollector()
                     }
                     else
                     { // Parent was deleted. We do not need this object anymore
-                        modElement.removeChild(modNode);
+                        if (commit)
+                        {
+                            modElement.removeChild(modNode);
+                            cleared = true;
+                        }
                     }
                 }
                 else
@@ -3378,6 +3384,11 @@ void VPattern::GarbageCollector()
             }
         }
     }
+
+    if (cleared)
+    {
+        RefreshElementIdCache();
+    }
 }
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/app/valentina/xml/vpattern.h b/src/app/valentina/xml/vpattern.h
index ac1310a1c..30fb52d9d 100644
--- a/src/app/valentina/xml/vpattern.h
+++ b/src/app/valentina/xml/vpattern.h
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ public:
 
     void           Parse(const Document &parse);
 
+    void           GarbageCollector(bool commit = false);
+
     void           setCurrentData();
     virtual void   UpdateToolData(const quint32 &id, VContainer *data) Q_DECL_OVERRIDE;
     VContainer     GetCompleteData() const;
@@ -235,8 +237,6 @@ private:
     QDomElement MakeEmptyIncrement(const QString &name);
     QDomElement FindIncrement(const QString &name) const;
 
-    void GarbageCollector();
-
     void NewEmptyIncrement(const QString &type, const QString &name);
     void NewEmptyIncrementAfter(const QString &type, const QString &after, const QString &name);
     void RemoveIncrement(const QString &type, const QString &name);