diff --git a/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/activities/EmulationActivity.java b/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/activities/EmulationActivity.java
index 226e022988..d3ee8ddebf 100644
--- a/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/activities/EmulationActivity.java
+++ b/Source/Android/app/src/main/java/org/dolphinemu/dolphinemu/activities/EmulationActivity.java
@@ -217,8 +217,6 @@ public final class EmulationActivity extends AppCompatActivity
       mPlatform = gameToEmulate.getIntExtra(EXTRA_PLATFORM, 0);
       mScreenPath = gameToEmulate.getStringExtra(EXTRA_SCREEN_PATH);
       mPosition = gameToEmulate.getIntExtra(EXTRA_GRID_POSITION, -1);
-      mSettings = new Settings();
-      mSettings.loadSettings(null);
       activityRecreated = false;
     }
     else
@@ -227,6 +225,9 @@ public final class EmulationActivity extends AppCompatActivity
       restoreState(savedInstanceState);
     }
 
+    mSettings = new Settings();
+    mSettings.loadSettings(null);
+
     // TODO: The accurate way to find out which console we're emulating is to
     // first launch emulation and then ask the core which console we're emulating
     sIsGameCubeGame = Platform.fromNativeInt(mPlatform) == Platform.GAMECUBE;