diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index a0b87e214..5f82de643 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Other fixes:
  - Core: Fix inconsistencies with setting game-specific overrides (fixes mgba.io/i/2963)
  - Debugger: Fix writing to specific segment in command-line debugger
  - GB: Fix uninitialized save data when loading undersized temporary saves
+ - GB, GBA Core: Fix memory leak if reloading debug symbols
  - GBA Audio: Fix crash if audio FIFOs and timers get out of sync
  - GBA Audio: Fix crash in audio subsampling if timing lockstep breaks
  - GBA Memory: Let raw access read high MMIO addresses
diff --git a/src/gb/core.c b/src/gb/core.c
index 9dbf36bc1..4e8351fc6 100644
--- a/src/gb/core.c
+++ b/src/gb/core.c
@@ -1107,7 +1107,9 @@ static void _GBCoreDetachDebugger(struct mCore* core) {
 }
 
 static void _GBCoreLoadSymbols(struct mCore* core, struct VFile* vf) {
-	core->symbolTable = mDebuggerSymbolTableCreate();
+	if (!core->symbolTable) {
+		core->symbolTable = mDebuggerSymbolTableCreate();
+	}
 #ifdef ENABLE_VFS
 	if (!vf && core->dirs.base) {
 		vf = mDirectorySetOpenSuffix(&core->dirs, core->dirs.base, ".sym", O_RDONLY);
diff --git a/src/gba/core.c b/src/gba/core.c
index 256aebdab..8e44990b5 100644
--- a/src/gba/core.c
+++ b/src/gba/core.c
@@ -1243,7 +1243,14 @@ static void _GBACoreDetachDebugger(struct mCore* core) {
 
 static void _GBACoreLoadSymbols(struct mCore* core, struct VFile* vf) {
 	bool closeAfter = false;
-	core->symbolTable = mDebuggerSymbolTableCreate();
+	if (!core->symbolTable) {
+		core->symbolTable = mDebuggerSymbolTableCreate();
+	}
+	off_t seek;
+	if (vf) {
+		seek = vf->seek(vf, 0, SEEK_CUR);
+		vf->seek(vf, 0, SEEK_SET);
+	}
 #ifdef ENABLE_VFS
 #ifdef USE_ELF
 	if (!vf && core->dirs.base) {
@@ -1273,6 +1280,8 @@ static void _GBACoreLoadSymbols(struct mCore* core, struct VFile* vf) {
 	}
 	if (closeAfter) {
 		vf->close(vf);
+	} else {
+		vf->seek(vf, seek, SEEK_SET);
 	}
 }