diff --git a/src/NDSSystem.cpp b/src/NDSSystem.cpp
index 0e43eee93..ae261ef0e 100644
--- a/src/NDSSystem.cpp
+++ b/src/NDSSystem.cpp
@@ -874,6 +874,7 @@ void NDS_FreeROM(void)
 	MMU.bupmem.fp = NULL;
 }
 
+bool _HACK_DONT_STOPMOVIE = false;
 void NDS_Reset( void)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
@@ -882,7 +883,8 @@ void NDS_Reset( void)
 	FILE* inf = 0;
 	NDS_header * header = NDS_getROMHeader();
 
-	FCEUI_StopMovie();
+	if(!_HACK_DONT_STOPMOVIE)
+		FCEUI_StopMovie();
 
 	if (!header) return ;
 
diff --git a/src/saves.cpp b/src/saves.cpp
index 084993354..e346c2cbc 100644
--- a/src/saves.cpp
+++ b/src/saves.cpp
@@ -862,7 +862,10 @@ static bool savestate_load(std::istream* is)
 	//while the series of resets below should work,
 	//we are testing the robustness of the savestate system with this full reset.
 	//the full reset wipes more things, so we can make sure that they are being restored correctly
+	extern bool _HACK_DONT_STOPMOVIE;
+	_HACK_DONT_STOPMOVIE = true;
 	NDS_Reset();
+	_HACK_DONT_STOPMOVIE = false;
 
 	//reset some options to their old defaults which werent saved
 	nds.debugConsole = FALSE;