diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/loadingscreen.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/loadingscreen.cpp
index c31d161b4..35a825bcd 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/loadingscreen.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/loadingscreen.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ namespace MWGui
         , mLoadingOnTime(0.0)
         , mImportantLabel(false)
         , mProgress(0)
+        , mShowWallpaper(true)
     {
         mMainWidget->setSize(MyGUI::RenderManager::getInstance().getViewSize());
 
@@ -104,14 +105,16 @@ namespace MWGui
     class CopyFramebufferToTextureCallback : public osg::Camera::DrawCallback
     {
     public:
-        CopyFramebufferToTextureCallback(osg::Texture2D* texture, int w, int h)
-            : mTexture(texture), mWidth(w), mHeight(h)
+        CopyFramebufferToTextureCallback(osg::Texture2D* texture)
+            : mTexture(texture)
         {
         }
 
         virtual void operator () (osg::RenderInfo& renderInfo) const
         {
-            mTexture->copyTexImage2D(*renderInfo.getState(), 0, 0, mWidth, mHeight);
+            int w = renderInfo.getCurrentCamera()->getViewport()->width();
+            int h = renderInfo.getCurrentCamera()->getViewport()->height();
+            mTexture->copyTexImage2D(*renderInfo.getState(), 0, 0, w, h);
 
             // Callback removes itself when done
             if (renderInfo.getCurrentCamera())
@@ -120,7 +123,6 @@ namespace MWGui
 
     private:
         osg::ref_ptr<osg::Texture2D> mTexture;
-        int mWidth, mHeight;
     };
 
     class DontComputeBoundCallback : public osg::Node::ComputeBoundingSphereCallback
@@ -146,45 +148,17 @@ namespace MWGui
         // We are already using node masks to avoid the scene from being updated/rendered, but node masks don't work for computeBound()
         mViewer->getSceneData()->setComputeBoundingSphereCallback(new DontComputeBoundCallback);
 
-        bool showWallpaper = (MWBase::Environment::get().getStateManager()->getState()
+        mShowWallpaper = (MWBase::Environment::get().getStateManager()->getState()
                 == MWBase::StateManager::State_NoGame);
 
-        if (!showWallpaper)
-        {
-            // Copy the current framebuffer onto a texture and display that texture as the background image
-            // Note, we could also set the camera to disable clearing and have the background image transparent,
-            // but then we get shaking effects on buffer swaps.
-
-            if (!mTexture)
-            {
-                mTexture = new osg::Texture2D;
-                mTexture->setInternalFormat(GL_RGB);
-                mTexture->setResizeNonPowerOfTwoHint(false);
-            }
-
-            int width = mViewer->getCamera()->getViewport()->width();
-            int height = mViewer->getCamera()->getViewport()->height();
-            mViewer->getCamera()->setInitialDrawCallback(new CopyFramebufferToTextureCallback(mTexture, width, height));
-
-            if (!mGuiTexture.get())
-            {
-                mGuiTexture.reset(new osgMyGUI::OSGTexture(mTexture));
-            }
-
-            mBackgroundImage->setBackgroundImage("");
-
-            mBackgroundImage->setRenderItemTexture(mGuiTexture.get());
-            mBackgroundImage->getSubWidgetMain()->_setUVSet(MyGUI::FloatRect(0.f, 0.f, 1.f, 1.f));
-        }
-
         setVisible(true);
 
-        if (showWallpaper)
+        if (mShowWallpaper)
         {
             changeWallpaper();
         }
 
-        MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->pushGuiMode(showWallpaper ? GM_LoadingWallpaper : GM_Loading);
+        MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->pushGuiMode(mShowWallpaper ? GM_LoadingWallpaper : GM_Loading);
     }
 
     void LoadingScreen::loadingOff()
@@ -273,26 +247,53 @@ namespace MWGui
             diff -= mProgress / static_cast<float>(mProgressBar->getScrollRange()) * 100.f;
         }
 
-        bool showWallpaper = (MWBase::Environment::get().getStateManager()->getState()
-                == MWBase::StateManager::State_NoGame);
-        if (!showWallpaper && diff < initialDelay*1000)
+        if (!mShowWallpaper && diff < initialDelay*1000)
             return false;
         return true;
     }
 
+    void LoadingScreen::setupCopyFramebufferToTextureCallback()
+    {
+        // Copy the current framebuffer onto a texture and display that texture as the background image
+        // Note, we could also set the camera to disable clearing and have the background image transparent,
+        // but then we get shaking effects on buffer swaps.
+
+        if (!mTexture)
+        {
+            mTexture = new osg::Texture2D;
+            mTexture->setInternalFormat(GL_RGB);
+            mTexture->setResizeNonPowerOfTwoHint(false);
+        }
+
+        if (!mGuiTexture.get())
+        {
+            mGuiTexture.reset(new osgMyGUI::OSGTexture(mTexture));
+        }
+
+        mViewer->getCamera()->setInitialDrawCallback(new CopyFramebufferToTextureCallback(mTexture));
+
+        mBackgroundImage->setBackgroundImage("");
+
+        mBackgroundImage->setRenderItemTexture(mGuiTexture.get());
+        mBackgroundImage->getSubWidgetMain()->_setUVSet(MyGUI::FloatRect(0.f, 0.f, 1.f, 1.f));
+    }
+
     void LoadingScreen::draw()
     {
         if (!needToDrawLoadingScreen())
             return;
 
-        bool showWallpaper = (MWBase::Environment::get().getStateManager()->getState()
-                == MWBase::StateManager::State_NoGame);
-        if (showWallpaper && mTimer.time_m() > mLastWallpaperChangeTime + 5000*1)
+        if (mShowWallpaper && mTimer.time_m() > mLastWallpaperChangeTime + 5000*1)
         {
             mLastWallpaperChangeTime = mTimer.time_m();
             changeWallpaper();
         }
 
+        if (!mShowWallpaper && mLastRenderTime < mLoadingOnTime)
+        {
+            setupCopyFramebufferToTextureCallback();
+        }
+
         // Turn off rendering except the GUI
         int oldUpdateMask = mViewer->getUpdateVisitor()->getTraversalMask();
         int oldCullMask = mViewer->getCamera()->getCullMask();
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/loadingscreen.hpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/loadingscreen.hpp
index a7f7d3619..0b7edbc9e 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/loadingscreen.hpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/loadingscreen.hpp
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ namespace MWGui
         void findSplashScreens();
         bool needToDrawLoadingScreen();
 
+        void setupCopyFramebufferToTextureCallback();
+
         const VFS::Manager* mVFS;
         osg::ref_ptr<osgViewer::Viewer> mViewer;
 
@@ -61,6 +63,8 @@ namespace MWGui
 
         size_t mProgress;
 
+        bool mShowWallpaper;
+
         MyGUI::Widget* mLoadingBox;
 
         MyGUI::TextBox* mLoadingText;