diff --git a/gensim/models/ldamulticore.py b/gensim/models/ldamulticore.py
index d758b9e48e..489ba4a39a 100644
--- a/gensim/models/ldamulticore.py
+++ b/gensim/models/ldamulticore.py
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ def process_result_queue(force=False):
                     self.log_perplexity(chunk, total_docs=lencorpus)
 
         logger.info("training LDA model using %i processes", self.workers)
-        pool = Pool(self.workers, worker_e_step, (job_queue, result_queue,))
+        pool = Pool(self.workers, worker_e_step, (job_queue, result_queue, self))
         for pass_ in range(self.passes):
             queue_size, reallen = [0], 0
             other = LdaState(self.eta, self.state.sstats.shape)
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ def process_result_queue(force=False):
         pool.terminate()
 
 
-def worker_e_step(input_queue, result_queue):
+def worker_e_step(input_queue, result_queue, worker_lda):
     """Perform E-step for each job.
 
     Parameters
@@ -326,17 +326,20 @@ def worker_e_step(input_queue, result_queue):
         responsible for processing it.
     result_queue : queue of :class:`~gensim.models.ldamodel.LdaState`
         After the worker finished the job, the state of the resulting (trained) worker model is appended to this queue.
-
+    worker_lda : :class:`~gensim.models.ldamulticore.LdaMulticore`
+        LDA instance which performed e step
     """
     logger.debug("worker process entering E-step loop")
     while True:
         logger.debug("getting a new job")
-        chunk_no, chunk, worker_lda = input_queue.get()
+        chunk_no, chunk, w_state = input_queue.get()
         logger.debug("processing chunk #%i of %i documents", chunk_no, len(chunk))
+        worker_lda.state = w_state
+        worker_lda.sync_state()
         worker_lda.state.reset()
         worker_lda.do_estep(chunk)  # TODO: auto-tune alpha?
         del chunk
         logger.debug("processed chunk, queuing the result")
         result_queue.put(worker_lda.state)
-        del worker_lda  # free up some memory
+        worker_lda.state = None
         logger.debug("result put")