diff --git a/src/ai/ai_instance.cpp b/src/ai/ai_instance.cpp
index 0ab577a0ec..2edb7db425 100644
--- a/src/ai/ai_instance.cpp
+++ b/src/ai/ai_instance.cpp
@@ -304,9 +304,17 @@ void AIInstance::GameLoop()
 			AIObject::SetAllowDoCommand(false);
 			/* Run the constructor if it exists. Don't allow any DoCommands in it. */
 			if (this->engine->MethodExists(*this->instance, "constructor")) {
-				if (!this->engine->CallMethod(*this->instance, "constructor")) { this->Died(); return; }
+				if (!this->engine->CallMethod(*this->instance, "constructor", 100000) || this->engine->IsSuspended()) {
+					if (this->engine->IsSuspended()) AILog::Error("This AI took too long to initialize. AI is not started.");
+					this->Died();
+					return;
+				}
+			}
+			if (!this->CallLoad() || this->engine->IsSuspended()) {
+				if (this->engine->IsSuspended()) AILog::Error("This AI took too long in the Load function. AI is not started.");
+				this->Died();
+				return;
 			}
-			if (!this->CallLoad()) { this->Died(); return; }
 			AIObject::SetAllowDoCommand(true);
 			/* Start the AI by calling Start() */
 			if (!this->engine->CallMethod(*this->instance, "Start",  _settings_game.ai.ai_max_opcode_till_suspend) || !this->engine->IsSuspended()) this->Died();
@@ -702,7 +710,7 @@ bool AIInstance::CallLoad()
 
 	/* Call the AI load function. sq_call removes the arguments (but not the
 	 * function pointer) from the stack. */
-	if (SQ_FAILED(sq_call(vm, 3, SQFalse, SQFalse))) return false;
+	if (SQ_FAILED(sq_call(vm, 3, SQFalse, SQFalse, 100000))) return false;
 
 	/* Pop 1) The version, 2) the savegame data, 3) the object instance, 4) the function pointer. */
 	sq_pop(vm, 4);
diff --git a/src/script/squirrel.cpp b/src/script/squirrel.cpp
index f31b813da3..6737fd3ef3 100644
--- a/src/script/squirrel.cpp
+++ b/src/script/squirrel.cpp
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ bool Squirrel::CallMethod(HSQOBJECT instance, const char *method_name, HSQOBJECT
 	if (ret != NULL) sq_getstackobj(vm, -1, ret);
 	/* Reset the top, but don't do so for the AI main function, as we need
 	 *  a correct stack when resuming. */
-	if (suspend == -1) sq_settop(this->vm, top);
+	if (!this->IsSuspended()) sq_settop(this->vm, top);
 	/* Restore the return-value location. */
 	this->vm->_suspended_target = last_target;