diff --git a/retroarch.c b/retroarch.c
index 1dde2ce3db..ef4295ba71 100644
--- a/retroarch.c
+++ b/retroarch.c
@@ -1547,6 +1547,10 @@ void rarch_init_rewind(void)
 
    if (!g_extern.state_manager)
       RARCH_WARN("Failed to init rewind buffer. Rewinding will be disabled.\n");
+
+   void *state=state_manager_push_where(g_extern.state_manager);
+   pretro_serialize(state, g_extern.state_size);
+   state_manager_push_do(g_extern.state_manager);
 }
 
 void rarch_deinit_rewind(void)