diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index b35ed20ae..d0de64deb 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Emulation fixes:
  - GBA Memory: Misaligned SRAM writes are ignored
  - GBA Serialize: Fix serializing DMA transfer register
  - GBA Serialize: Fix audio serialization for desynced FIFOs
+ - GBA Serialize: Fix audio DMA timing deserialization
 Other fixes:
  - Qt: Only dynamically reset video scale if a game is running
  - Qt: Fix race condition with proxied video events
diff --git a/src/gba/io.c b/src/gba/io.c
index 3f4d09b48..530f9cda2 100644
--- a/src/gba/io.c
+++ b/src/gba/io.c
@@ -989,9 +989,6 @@ void GBAIODeserialize(struct GBA* gba, const struct GBASerializedState* state) {
 		LOAD_32(gba->memory.dma[i].nextDest, 0, &state->dma[i].nextDest);
 		LOAD_32(gba->memory.dma[i].nextCount, 0, &state->dma[i].nextCount);
 		LOAD_32(gba->memory.dma[i].when, 0, &state->dma[i].when);
-		if (GBADMARegisterGetTiming(gba->memory.dma[i].reg) != GBA_DMA_TIMING_NOW) {
-			GBADMASchedule(gba, i, &gba->memory.dma[i]);
-		}
 	}
 	GBAAudioWriteSOUNDCNT_X(&gba->audio, gba->memory.io[REG_SOUNDCNT_X >> 1]);