diff --git a/libraries/cms/application/site.php b/libraries/cms/application/site.php
index daf33a2ce734c..d5e66bf07066a 100644
--- a/libraries/cms/application/site.php
+++ b/libraries/cms/application/site.php
@@ -507,6 +507,8 @@ public function getTemplate($params = false)
 			$cache->store($templates, $cacheId);
 		}
 
+		// Unset the $template reference to the last $templates[n] item cycled in the foreach above to avoid to edit the $templates array in the following assignment 
+		unset($template);
 		if (isset($templates[$id]))
 		{
 			$template = $templates[$id];