diff --git a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Sega/Saturn/Yabause.cs b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Sega/Saturn/Yabause.cs
index 7244319e83..96f8f7cd89 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Sega/Saturn/Yabause.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Sega/Saturn/Yabause.cs
@@ -371,7 +371,14 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Sega.Saturn
 		{
 			var fp = new FilePiping();
 			fp.Offer(data);
+
+			//loadstate can trigger GL work
+			CoreComm.ActivateGLContext(glContext);
+
 			bool succeed = LibYabause.libyabause_loadstate(fp.GetPipeNameNative());
+
+			CoreComm.DeactivateGLContext();
+
 			fp.Finish();
 			if (!succeed)
 				throw new Exception("libyabause_loadstate() failed");