diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/Gameboy/Gambatte.IStatable.cs b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/Gameboy/Gambatte.IStatable.cs
index cb6276bc9b..db8c68387d 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/Gameboy/Gambatte.IStatable.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/Gameboy/Gambatte.IStatable.cs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Nintendo.Gameboy
 		{
 			var s = (TextState<TextStateData>)ser.Deserialize(reader, typeof(TextState<TextStateData>));
 			LoadState(s);
+			reader.ReadToEnd();
 		}
 
 		public void SaveStateBinary(BinaryWriter writer)
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/Gameboy/GambatteLink.IStatable.cs b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/Gameboy/GambatteLink.IStatable.cs
index b5b014a2df..c06a69ecb2 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/Gameboy/GambatteLink.IStatable.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/Gameboy/GambatteLink.IStatable.cs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Nintendo.Gameboy
 			_linkShiftSignal = s.LinkShiftSignal;
 			_linkSpaced = s.LinkSpaced;
 			_linkSpaceSignal = s.LinkSpaceSignal;
+			reader.ReadToEnd();
 		}
 
 		public void SaveStateBinary(BinaryWriter writer)
@@ -104,6 +105,11 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Nintendo.Gameboy
 
 			public DGBSerialized(GambatteLink linkcore)
 			{
+				if (linkcore == null)
+				{
+					return;
+				}
+
 				NumCores = linkcore._numCores;
 				LinkedStates = new TextState<Gameboy.TextStateData>[NumCores];
 				LinkedOverflow = new int[NumCores];