diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 3e87329ad..c8320c8ad 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Bugfixes:
  - Shaders: Fix AGS-001 shader with some bad drivers
  - Qt: Initialize m_useBios
  - GBA Serialize: Fix memory corruption bug in GBAExtdataSerialize
+ - GBA Serialize: Fix loading savegames from savestates
 Misc:
  - GBA: Slightly optimize GBAProcessEvents
  - Qt: Add preset for DualShock 4
diff --git a/src/gba/savedata.c b/src/gba/savedata.c
index 42709dbf1..d262772ac 100644
--- a/src/gba/savedata.c
+++ b/src/gba/savedata.c
@@ -124,7 +124,26 @@ bool GBASavedataClone(struct GBASavedata* savedata, struct VFile* out) {
 }
 
 bool GBASavedataLoad(struct GBASavedata* savedata, struct VFile* in) {
-	if (savedata->data) {
+	if (savedata->vf) {
+		off_t read = 0;
+		uint8_t buffer[2048];
+		memset(buffer, 0xFF, sizeof(buffer));
+		savedata->vf->seek(savedata->vf, 0, SEEK_SET);
+		while (savedata->vf->seek(savedata->vf, 0, SEEK_CUR) < savedata->vf->size(savedata->vf)) {
+			savedata->vf->write(savedata->vf, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+		}
+		savedata->vf->seek(savedata->vf, 0, SEEK_SET);
+		if (in) {
+			do {
+				read = in->read(in, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
+				read = savedata->vf->write(savedata->vf, buffer, read);
+			} while (read == sizeof(buffer));
+		}
+		return read >= 0;
+	} else if (savedata->data) {
+		if (!in && savedata->type != SAVEDATA_FORCE_NONE) {
+			return false;
+		}
 		switch (savedata->type) {
 		case SAVEDATA_SRAM:
 			return in->read(in, savedata->data, SIZE_CART_SRAM) == SIZE_CART_SRAM;
@@ -138,14 +157,6 @@ bool GBASavedataLoad(struct GBASavedata* savedata, struct VFile* in) {
 		case SAVEDATA_FORCE_NONE:
 			return true;
 		}
-	} else if (savedata->vf) {
-		off_t read = 0;
-		uint8_t buffer[2048];
-		do {
-			in->read(in, buffer, read);
-			read = savedata->vf->write(savedata->vf, buffer, sizeof(buffer));
-		} while (read == sizeof(buffer));
-		return read >= 0;
 	}
 	return true;
 }
diff --git a/src/gba/serialize.c b/src/gba/serialize.c
index 26946d9f0..5586fddde 100644
--- a/src/gba/serialize.c
+++ b/src/gba/serialize.c
@@ -526,8 +526,8 @@ bool GBALoadStateNamed(struct GBA* gba, struct VFile* vf, int flags) {
 	}
 	if (flags & SAVESTATE_SAVEDATA && GBAExtdataGet(&extdata, EXTDATA_SAVEDATA, &item)) {
 		struct VFile* svf = VFileFromMemory(item.data, item.size);
+		GBASavedataLoad(&gba->memory.savedata, svf);
 		if (svf) {
-			GBASavedataLoad(&gba->memory.savedata, svf);
 			svf->close(svf);
 		}
 	}