diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/savegamedialog.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/savegamedialog.cpp
index 605e9a2f57..10e2ae32fc 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/savegamedialog.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/savegamedialog.cpp
@@ -427,6 +427,10 @@ namespace MWGui
 
         mInfoText->setCaptionWithReplacing(text.str());
 
+        // Reset the image for the case we're unable to recover a screenshot
+        mScreenshotTexture.reset();
+        mScreenshot->setRenderItemTexture(nullptr);
+        mScreenshot->getSubWidgetMain()->_setUVSet(MyGUI::FloatRect(0.f, 0.f, 1.f, 1.f));
 
         // Decode screenshot
         const std::vector<char>& data = mCurrentSlot->mProfile.mScreenshot;
@@ -463,8 +467,6 @@ namespace MWGui
         texture->setUnRefImageDataAfterApply(true);
 
         mScreenshotTexture = std::make_unique<osgMyGUI::OSGTexture>(texture);
-
         mScreenshot->setRenderItemTexture(mScreenshotTexture.get());
-        mScreenshot->getSubWidgetMain()->_setUVSet(MyGUI::FloatRect(0.f, 0.f, 1.f, 1.f));
     }
 }