diff --git a/libobs/obs-internal.h b/libobs/obs-internal.h
index 13d4b387a..e222f5426 100644
--- a/libobs/obs-internal.h
+++ b/libobs/obs-internal.h
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ struct obs_source {
 	float                           async_color_range_max[3];
 	int                             async_plane_offset[2];
 	bool                            async_flip;
+	bool                            async_active;
 	DARRAY(struct obs_source_frame*)video_frames;
 	pthread_mutex_t                 video_mutex;
 	uint32_t                        async_width;
diff --git a/libobs/obs-source.c b/libobs/obs-source.c
index ba5a95c28..ac66cd3b7 100644
--- a/libobs/obs-source.c
+++ b/libobs/obs-source.c
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ static void obs_source_render_async_video(obs_source_t *source)
 		obs_source_release_frame(source, frame);
 	}
 
-	if (source->async_texture)
+	if (source->async_texture && source->async_active)
 		obs_source_draw_async_texture(source);
 }
 
@@ -1381,10 +1381,10 @@ static inline void cycle_frames(struct obs_source *source)
 void obs_source_output_video(obs_source_t *source,
 		const struct obs_source_frame *frame)
 {
-	if (!source || !frame)
+	if (!source)
 		return;
 
-	struct obs_source_frame *output = cache_video(frame);
+	struct obs_source_frame *output = !!frame ? cache_video(frame) : NULL;
 
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&source->filter_mutex);
 	output = filter_async_video(source, output);
@@ -1395,6 +1395,11 @@ void obs_source_output_video(obs_source_t *source,
 		cycle_frames(source);
 		da_push_back(source->video_frames, &output);
 		pthread_mutex_unlock(&source->video_mutex);
+		source->async_active = true;
+	} else {
+		source->async_active = false;
+		source->async_width = 0;
+		source->async_height = 0;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/libobs/obs.h b/libobs/obs.h
index dfd6294ff..8933d4399 100644
--- a/libobs/obs.h
+++ b/libobs/obs.h
@@ -802,7 +802,7 @@ EXPORT void obs_source_draw_set_color_matrix(
 EXPORT void obs_source_draw(gs_texture_t *image, int x, int y,
 		uint32_t cx, uint32_t cy, bool flip);
 
-/** Outputs asynchronous video data */
+/** Outputs asynchronous video data.  Set to NULL to deactivate the texture */
 EXPORT void obs_source_output_video(obs_source_t *source,
 		const struct obs_source_frame *frame);