diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Events.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Events.cs
index cb55ef7c6a..79f50c8305 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Events.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.Events.cs
@@ -2587,20 +2587,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 		}
 
 		private void FormDragDrop(object sender, DragEventArgs e)
-		{
-			Sound.StopSound();
-			try
-			{
-				FormDragDrop_internal(e);
-			}
-			catch (Exception ex)
-			{
-				ShowMessageBox(owner: null, $"Exception on drag and drop:\n{ex}");
-			}
-			finally
-			{
-				Sound.StartSound();
-			}
-		}
+			=> PathsFromDragDrop = (string[]) e.Data.GetData(DataFormats.FileDrop);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.FileLoader.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.FileLoader.cs
index 17c91c883d..56445fb2a7 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.FileLoader.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.FileLoader.cs
@@ -214,7 +214,9 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			}
 		}
 
-		private void FormDragDrop_internal(DragEventArgs e)
+		private string[] PathsFromDragDrop;
+
+		private void FormDragDrop_internal()
 		{
 			/*
 			 *  Refactor, moving the loading of particular files into separate functions that can
@@ -243,7 +245,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 			 *	  Make that order easy to change in the code, heavily suggesting ROM and playback as first and last respectively.
 			 */
 
-			var filePaths = (string[])e.Data.GetData(DataFormats.FileDrop);
 			Dictionary<LoadOrdering, List<FileInformation>> sortedFiles = new Dictionary<LoadOrdering, List<FileInformation>>();
 
 			// Initialize the dictionary's lists.
@@ -252,7 +253,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				sortedFiles.Add(value, new List<FileInformation>());
 			}
 
-			ProcessFileList(filePaths.Select(EmuHawkUtil.ResolveShortcut), ref sortedFiles);
+			ProcessFileList(PathsFromDragDrop.Select(EmuHawkUtil.ResolveShortcut), ref sortedFiles);
 
 			// For each of the different types of item, if there are no items of that type, skip them.
 			// If there is exactly one of that type of item, load it.
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
index ad3f496223..277a59aef5 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
@@ -2247,6 +2247,19 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 				ScreenSaver.ResetTimerPeriodically();
 			}
 
+			if (PathsFromDragDrop is not null) this.DoWithTempMute(() =>
+			{
+				try
+				{
+					FormDragDrop_internal();
+				}
+				catch (Exception ex)
+				{
+					ShowMessageBox(owner: null, $"Exception on drag and drop:\n{ex}");
+				}
+				PathsFromDragDrop = null;
+			});
+
 			List<string[]> todo = new();
 			lock (_singleInstanceForwardedArgs)
 			{