diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ffa5bbc402..ec2e47a8d4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-02-07  WooHyun Jung
+
+	* edje: Checking walking_callbacks for not removing patterns which are still used.
+
 2013-02-06  Cedric Bail
 
 	* eina: fix map leak in Eina_File.
diff --git a/src/lib/edje/edje_program.c b/src/lib/edje/edje_program.c
index e4d9e81a40..30b2ae560a 100644
--- a/src/lib/edje/edje_program.c
+++ b/src/lib/edje/edje_program.c
@@ -1282,6 +1282,8 @@ static Eina_Bool _edje_glob_callback(Edje_Program *pr, void *dt)
 void
 _edje_callbacks_patterns_clean(Edje *ed)
 {
+   if (ed->walking_callbacks > 0) return;
+
    _edje_signals_sources_patterns_clean(&ed->patterns.callbacks);
 
    eina_rbtree_delete(ed->patterns.callbacks.exact_match,