diff --git a/src/effects/VST/VSTEffect.cpp b/src/effects/VST/VSTEffect.cpp
index d9332cd50..2b651c114 100644
--- a/src/effects/VST/VSTEffect.cpp
+++ b/src/effects/VST/VSTEffect.cpp
@@ -1114,12 +1114,12 @@ void VSTEffect::BundleDeleter::operator() (void* p) const
       CFRelease(static_cast<CFBundleRef>(p));
 }
 
-void VSTEffect::ResourceDeleter::operator() (void *p) const
+void VSTEffect::ResourceHandle::reset()
 {
-   if (mpHandle) {
-      int resource = (int)p;
-      CFBundleCloseBundleResourceMap(mpHandle->get(), resource);
-   }
+   if (mpHandle)
+      CFBundleCloseBundleResourceMap(mpHandle, mNum);
+   mpHandle = nullptr;
+   mNum = 0;
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -2061,10 +2061,8 @@ bool VSTEffect::Load()
    mBundleRef = std::move(bundleRef);
 
    // Open the resource map ... some plugins (like GRM Tools) need this.
-   mResource = ResourceHandle {
-      reinterpret_cast<char*>(
-         CFBundleOpenBundleResourceMap(mBundleRef.get())),
-      ResourceDeleter{&mBundleRef}
+   mResource = ResourceHandle{
+      mBundleRef.get(), CFBundleOpenBundleResourceMap(mBundleRef.get())
    };
 
 #elif defined(__WXMSW__)
@@ -2267,7 +2265,7 @@ void VSTEffect::Unload()
    if (mModule)
    {
 #if defined(__WXMAC__)
-      mResource = ResourceHandle{};
+      mResource.reset();
       mBundleRef.reset();
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/effects/VST/VSTEffect.h b/src/effects/VST/VSTEffect.h
index e4737058c..5026da413 100644
--- a/src/effects/VST/VSTEffect.h
+++ b/src/effects/VST/VSTEffect.h
@@ -302,15 +302,27 @@ private:
 
    BundleHandle mBundleRef;
 
-   struct ResourceDeleter {
-      const BundleHandle *mpHandle;
-      ResourceDeleter(const BundleHandle *pHandle = nullptr)
-         : mpHandle(pHandle) {}
-      void operator() (void*) const;
+   struct ResourceHandle {
+      ResourceHandle(
+         CFBundleRef pHandle = nullptr, CFBundleRefNum num = 0)
+      : mpHandle{ pHandle }, mNum{ num }
+      {}
+      ResourceHandle& operator=( ResourceHandle &&other )
+      {
+         if (this != &other) {
+            mpHandle = other.mpHandle;
+            mNum = other.mNum;
+            other.mpHandle = nullptr;
+            other.mNum = 0;
+         }
+         return *this;
+      }
+      ~ResourceHandle() { reset(); }
+      void reset();
+
+      CFBundleRef mpHandle{};
+      CFBundleRefNum mNum{};
    };
-   using ResourceHandle = std::unique_ptr<
-      char, ResourceDeleter
-   >;
    ResourceHandle mResource;
 #endif