diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index f3a8cc539..42fea400e 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ Other fixes:
  - Core: Fix inconsistencies with setting game-specific overrides (fixes mgba.io/i/2963)
  - Debugger: Fix writing to specific segment in command-line debugger
  - GB Serialize: Prevent loading invalid states where LY >= 144 in modes other than 1
- - GBA Hardware: Fix loading states unconditionally overwriting GPIO memory
  - GBA: Fix getting game info for multiboot ROMs
+ - GBA Core: Fix booting into BIOS when skip BIOS is enabled
+ - GBA Hardware: Fix loading states unconditionally overwriting GPIO memory
  - Qt: Fix savestate preview sizes with different scales (fixes mgba.io/i/2560)
  - Qt: Fix potential crash when configuring shortcuts
 Misc:
diff --git a/src/gba/core.c b/src/gba/core.c
index 1d3fffb9e..da782d06c 100644
--- a/src/gba/core.c
+++ b/src/gba/core.c
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ static void _GBACoreReset(struct mCore* core) {
 #endif
 
 	ARMReset(core->cpu);
-	bool forceSkip = gba->mbVf || core->opts.skipBios;
+	bool forceSkip = gba->mbVf || (core->opts.skipBios && (gba->romVf || gba->memory.rom));
 	if (!forceSkip && (gba->romVf || gba->memory.rom) && gba->pristineRomSize >= 0xA0 && gba->biosVf) {
 		uint32_t crc = doCrc32(&gba->memory.rom[1], 0x9C);
 		if (crc != LOGO_CRC32) {