diff --git a/stepmania/src/ActorFrame.cpp b/stepmania/src/ActorFrame.cpp
index 19ecfbe964..cf692787e0 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ActorFrame.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ActorFrame.cpp
@@ -19,31 +19,6 @@ LUA_REGISTER_CLASS( ActorFrame )
  * that string instead create an ActorFrameAutoDeleteChildren object.
  */
 //REGISTER_ACTOR_CLASS( ActorFrame )
-class ActorFrameAutoDeleteChildren : public ActorFrame
-{
-public:
-	ActorFrameAutoDeleteChildren() { DeleteChildrenWhenDone(true); }
-	void LoadFromNode( const CString& sDir, const XNode* pNode )
-	{
-		ActorFrame::LoadFromNode( sDir, pNode );
-
-		//
-		// Load children
-		//
-		const XNode* pChildren = pNode->GetChild("children");
-		if( pChildren )
-		{
-			FOREACH_CONST_Child( pChildren, pChild )
-			{
-				Actor* pChildActor = ActorUtil::LoadFromActorFile( sDir, pChild );
-				if( pChildActor )
-					AddChild( pChildActor );
-			}
-			SortByDrawOrder();
-		}
-	}
-
-};
 REGISTER_ACTOR_CLASS_WITH_NAME( ActorFrameAutoDeleteChildren, ActorFrame )
 
 
@@ -72,6 +47,27 @@ void ActorFrame::LoadFromNode( const CString& sDir, const XNode* pNode )
 	m_bOverrideLighting = pNode->GetAttrValue( "Lighting", m_bLighting );
 }
 
+void ActorFrame::LoadChildrenFromNode( const CString& sDir, const XNode* pNode )
+{
+	// Shoudn't be calling this unless we're going to delete our children.
+	ASSERT( m_bDeleteChildren );
+
+	//
+	// Load children
+	//
+	const XNode* pChildren = pNode->GetChild("children");
+	if( pChildren )
+	{
+		FOREACH_CONST_Child( pChildren, pChild )
+		{
+			Actor* pChildActor = ActorUtil::LoadFromActorFile( sDir, pChild );
+			if( pChildActor )
+				AddChild( pChildActor );
+		}
+		SortByDrawOrder();
+	}
+}
+
 void ActorFrame::AddChild( Actor* pActor )
 {
 #if _DEBUG
diff --git a/stepmania/src/ActorFrame.h b/stepmania/src/ActorFrame.h
index 7423b2bc9e..0e943866a6 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ActorFrame.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/ActorFrame.h
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public:
 	virtual ~ActorFrame();
 
 	void LoadFromNode( const CString& sDir, const XNode* pNode );
+	void LoadChildrenFromNode( const CString& sDir, const XNode* pNode );
 
 	virtual void AddChild( Actor* pActor );
 	virtual void RemoveChild( Actor* pActor );
@@ -79,6 +80,18 @@ protected:
 	bool m_bLighting;
 };
 
+class ActorFrameAutoDeleteChildren : public ActorFrame
+{
+public:
+	ActorFrameAutoDeleteChildren() { DeleteChildrenWhenDone(true); }
+	void LoadFromNode( const CString& sDir, const XNode* pNode )
+	{
+		ActorFrame::LoadFromNode( sDir, pNode );
+
+		LoadChildrenFromNode( sDir, pNode );
+	}
+};
+
 #endif
 
 /*
diff --git a/stepmania/src/ActorScroller.cpp b/stepmania/src/ActorScroller.cpp
index 39132c5bdd..b5be7357fc 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ActorScroller.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/ActorScroller.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@
 #include "IniFile.h"
 #include "arch/Dialog/Dialog.h"
 #include "RageLog.h"
+#include "ActorUtil.h"
+
+/* Tricky: We need ActorFrames created in XML to auto delete their children.
+ * We don't want classes that derive from ActorFrame to auto delete their 
+ * children.  The name "ActorFrame" is widely used in XML, so we'll have
+ * that string instead create an ActorFrameAutoDeleteChildren object.
+ */
+//REGISTER_ACTOR_CLASS( ActorScroller )
+REGISTER_ACTOR_CLASS_WITH_NAME( ActorScrollerAutoDeleteChildren, ActorScroller )
+
 
 ActorScroller::ActorScroller()
 {
diff --git a/stepmania/src/ActorScroller.h b/stepmania/src/ActorScroller.h
index 086f934b5d..3416a0a20e 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/ActorScroller.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/ActorScroller.h
@@ -46,6 +46,18 @@ protected:
 	RageVector3	m_vTranslateTerm2;
 };
 
+class ActorScrollerAutoDeleteChildren : public ActorScroller
+{
+public:
+	ActorScrollerAutoDeleteChildren() { DeleteChildrenWhenDone(true); }
+	void LoadFromNode( const CString& sDir, const XNode* pNode )
+	{
+		ActorScroller::LoadFromNode( sDir, pNode );
+
+		LoadChildrenFromNode( sDir, pNode );
+	}
+};
+
 #endif
 
 /*
diff --git a/stepmania/src/BGAnimation.cpp b/stepmania/src/BGAnimation.cpp
index cc6905cbbe..4cbdd356e0 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/BGAnimation.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/BGAnimation.cpp
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ void BGAnimation::LoadFromNode( const CString& sDir, const XNode* pNode )
 {
 	DEBUG_ASSERT( pNode->m_sName == "BGAnimation" );
 
-	ActorScroller::LoadFromNode( sDir, pNode );
+	ActorScrollerAutoDeleteChildren::LoadFromNode( sDir, pNode );
 
 	this->RunCommandsOnChildren( ActorCommands("PlayCommand,Init") );
 
diff --git a/stepmania/src/BGAnimation.h b/stepmania/src/BGAnimation.h
index 4edce0ff4d..6b1a4891d6 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/BGAnimation.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/BGAnimation.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 struct XNode;
 class IniFile;
 
-class BGAnimation : public ActorScroller
+class BGAnimation : public ActorScrollerAutoDeleteChildren
 {
 public:
 	BGAnimation();