diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index e6c00e8fc..e8a00269a 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Bugfixes:
  - Qt: Fix tile and sprite views not always displaying at first
  - GBA Memory: Fix a few AGBPrint crashes
  - GBA Memory: Fix OOB ROM reads showing up as AGBPrint memory
+ - GB Serialize: Fix loading states with negative pixel x (fixes mgba.io/i/1293)
 Misc:
  - GBA Savedata: EEPROM performance fixes
  - GBA Savedata: Automatically map 1Mbit Flash files as 1Mbit Flash
diff --git a/src/gb/serialize.c b/src/gb/serialize.c
index 4eef6ae67..6c3db6308 100644
--- a/src/gb/serialize.c
+++ b/src/gb/serialize.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ bool GBDeserialize(struct GB* gb, const struct GBSerializedState* state) {
 		error = true;
 	}
 	LOAD_16LE(check16, 0, &state->video.x);
-	if (check16 < 0 || check16 > GB_VIDEO_HORIZONTAL_PIXELS) {
+	if (check16 < -7 || check16 > GB_VIDEO_HORIZONTAL_PIXELS) {
 		mLOG(GB_STATE, WARN, "Savestate is corrupted: video x is out of range");
 		error = true;
 	}