diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 1d3653e28..041f3f4ce 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Other fixes:
  - Qt: Fix crash if loading a shader fails
  - Qt: Fix black screen when starting with a game (fixes mgba.io/i/2781)
  - Qt: Fix OSD on modern macOS (fixes mgba.io/i/2736)
+ - Qt: Fix checked state of mute menu option at load (fixes mgba.io/i/2701)
  - Scripting: Fix receiving packets for client sockets
  - Scripting: Fix empty receive calls returning unknown error on Windows
  - Scripting: Return proper callback ID from socket.add
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp b/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp
index 083732cd8..bb97bf5c3 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp
@@ -1566,7 +1566,8 @@ void Window::setupMenu(QMenuBar* menubar) {
 	m_actions.addSeparator("av");
 
 	ConfigOption* mute = m_config->addOption("mute");
-	mute->addBoolean(tr("Mute"), &m_actions, "av");
+	Action* muteAction = mute->addBoolean(tr("Mute"), &m_actions, "av");
+	muteAction->setActive(m_config->getOption("mute").toInt());
 	mute->connect([this](const QVariant& value) {
 		m_config->setOption("fastForwardMute", static_cast<bool>(value.toInt()));
 		reloadConfig();