diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index e00e67ae6..d49b10060 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 Emulation fixes:
  - GB Audio: Fix initial sweep state
  - GB Audio: Fix deserializing audio channels 2 and 3
+ - GB Audio: Fix deserializing while audio was disabled (fixes mgba.io/i/1305)
  - GBA Audio: Fix deserializing SOUNDCNT_L
  - GBA Audio: Fix stereo in XQ audio
  - GBA Audio: Fix volume/mute in XQ audio (fixes mgba.io/i/1864)
diff --git a/src/gb/io.c b/src/gb/io.c
index facaf4bf0..535e0995a 100644
--- a/src/gb/io.c
+++ b/src/gb/io.c
@@ -697,7 +697,8 @@ void GBIODeserialize(struct GB* gb, const struct GBSerializedState* state) {
 	memcpy(gb->memory.io, state->io, GB_SIZE_IO);
 	gb->memory.ie = state->ie;
 
-	if (GBAudioEnableGetEnable(*gb->audio.nr52)) {
+	gb->audio.enable = GBAudioEnableGetEnable(*gb->audio.nr52);
+	if (gb->audio.enable) {
 		GBIOWrite(gb, REG_NR10, gb->memory.io[REG_NR10]);
 		GBIOWrite(gb, REG_NR11, gb->memory.io[REG_NR11]);
 		GBIOWrite(gb, REG_NR12, gb->memory.io[REG_NR12]);