diff --git a/src/saveload/extended_ver_sl.h b/src/saveload/extended_ver_sl.h
index fa22edd91a..57d487e753 100644
--- a/src/saveload/extended_ver_sl.h
+++ b/src/saveload/extended_ver_sl.h
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ enum SlxiSubChunkFlags {
 	XSCF_IGNORABLE_VERSION        = 1 << 1,  ///< the loader is free to ignore this without aborting the load if the version is greater than the maximum that can be loaded
 	XSCF_EXTRA_DATA_PRESENT       = 1 << 2,  ///< extra data field is present, extra data in some sub-chunk/feature specific format, not used for anything yet
 	XSCF_CHUNK_ID_LIST_PRESENT    = 1 << 3,  ///< chunk ID list field is present, list of chunks which this sub-chunk/feature adds to the save game, this can be used to discard the chunks if the feature is unknown
+
+	XSCF_IGNORABLE_ALL            = XSCF_IGNORABLE_UNKNOWN | XSCF_IGNORABLE_VERSION, ///< all "ignorable" flags
 };
 DECLARE_ENUM_AS_BIT_SET(SlxiSubChunkFlags)
 
diff --git a/src/saveload/saveload.cpp b/src/saveload/saveload.cpp
index 55a37f8ee8..74f6fba1e2 100644
--- a/src/saveload/saveload.cpp
+++ b/src/saveload/saveload.cpp
@@ -2467,8 +2467,6 @@ static inline void ClearSaveLoadState()
 
 	delete _sl.lf;
 	_sl.lf = NULL;
-
-	SlXvSetCurrentState();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2780,6 +2778,8 @@ static SaveOrLoadResult DoLoad(LoadFilter *reader, bool load_check)
 		GamelogStopAction();
 	}
 
+	SlXvSetCurrentState();
+
 	return SL_OK;
 }
 
@@ -2839,6 +2839,7 @@ SaveOrLoadResult SaveOrLoad(const char *filename, int mode, Subdirectory sb, boo
 				return SL_REINIT;
 			}
 			GamelogStopAction();
+			SlXvSetCurrentState();
 			return SL_OK;
 		}