diff --git a/source/blender/imbuf/intern/openexr/openexr_api.cpp b/source/blender/imbuf/intern/openexr/openexr_api.cpp
index c035862c23f..b39700e019c 100644
--- a/source/blender/imbuf/intern/openexr/openexr_api.cpp
+++ b/source/blender/imbuf/intern/openexr/openexr_api.cpp
@@ -526,6 +526,11 @@ void IMB_exr_set_channel(void *handle, char *layname, char *passname, int xstrid
 		printf("IMB_exrtile_set_channel error %s\n", name);
 }
 
+void IMB_exrtile_clear_channels(void *handle)
+{
+	ExrHandle *data= (ExrHandle *)handle;
+	BLI_freelistN(&data->channels);
+}
 
 void IMB_exrtile_write_channels(void *handle, int partx, int party)
 {
diff --git a/source/blender/imbuf/intern/openexr/openexr_multi.h b/source/blender/imbuf/intern/openexr/openexr_multi.h
index b9aa81e81da..ca4f7405f44 100644
--- a/source/blender/imbuf/intern/openexr/openexr_multi.h
+++ b/source/blender/imbuf/intern/openexr/openexr_multi.h
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ void	IMB_exr_set_channel			(void *handle, char *layname, char *passname, int xst
 void	IMB_exr_read_channels		(void *handle);
 void	IMB_exr_write_channels		(void *handle);
 void	IMB_exrtile_write_channels	(void *handle, int partx, int party);
+void	IMB_exrtile_clear_channels	(void *handle);
 
 void    IMB_exr_multilayer_convert	(void *handle, void *base,  
 									 void * (*addlayer)(void *base, char *str), 
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ void	IMB_exr_set_channel			(void *handle, char *layname, char *channame, int xst
 void	IMB_exr_read_channels		(void *handle) {}
 void	IMB_exr_write_channels		(void *handle) {}
 void	IMB_exrtile_write_channels	(void *handle, int partx, int party) {}
+void	IMB_exrtile_clear_channels	(void *handle) {}
 
 void    IMB_exr_multilayer_convert	(void *handle, void *base,  
 									 void * (*addlayer)(void *base, char *str), 
diff --git a/source/blender/render/intern/source/pipeline.c b/source/blender/render/intern/source/pipeline.c
index f2015bcd494..84dcff1dd82 100644
--- a/source/blender/render/intern/source/pipeline.c
+++ b/source/blender/render/intern/source/pipeline.c
@@ -677,6 +677,22 @@ static void save_render_result_tile(Render *re, RenderPart *pa)
 
 }
 
+static void save_empty_result_tiles(Render *re)
+{
+	RenderPart *pa;
+	
+	IMB_exrtile_clear_channels(re->result->exrhandle);
+		
+	for(pa= re->parts.first; pa; pa= pa->next) {
+		if(pa->ready==0) {
+			int party= pa->disprect.ymin - re->disprect.ymin + pa->crop;
+			int partx= pa->disprect.xmin - re->disprect.xmin + pa->crop;
+			IMB_exrtile_write_channels(re->result->exrhandle, partx, party);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+
 /* for passes read from files, these have names stored */
 static char *make_pass_name(RenderPass *rpass, int chan)
 {
@@ -1429,10 +1445,10 @@ static void threaded_tile_processor(Render *re)
 	}
 	
 	if(rr->exrhandle) {
+		save_empty_result_tiles(re);
 		IMB_exr_close(rr->exrhandle);
 		rr->exrhandle= NULL;
-		if(!re->test_break())
-			read_render_result(re);
+		read_render_result(re);
 	}
 	
 	/* unset threadsafety */