diff --git a/engines/dialogs.cpp b/engines/dialogs.cpp
index 89c07ad24c4..1a077e5bf7d 100644
--- a/engines/dialogs.cpp
+++ b/engines/dialogs.cpp
@@ -246,14 +246,10 @@ void MainMenuDialog::load() {
 
 	int slot = _loadDialog->runModalWithPluginAndTarget(plugin, ConfMan.getActiveDomainName());
 
-	if (slot >= 0) {
-		// FIXME: For now we just ignore the return
-		// value, which is quite bad since it could
-		// be a fatal loading error, which renders
-		// the engine unusable.
-		_engine->loadGameState(slot);
+	_engine->setGameToLoadSlot(slot);
+
+	if (slot >= 0)		
 		close();
-	}
 }
 
 enum {
diff --git a/engines/engine.cpp b/engines/engine.cpp
index dde5064dc42..b952f065add 100644
--- a/engines/engine.cpp
+++ b/engines/engine.cpp
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ Engine::Engine(OSystem *syst)
 		_targetName(ConfMan.getActiveDomainName()),
 		_pauseLevel(0),
 		_pauseStartTime(0),
+		_saveSlotToLoad(-1),
 		_engineStartTime(_system->getMillis()),
 		_mainMenuDialog(NULL) {
 
@@ -396,7 +397,22 @@ void Engine::pauseEngineIntern(bool pause) {
 void Engine::openMainMenuDialog() {
 	if (!_mainMenuDialog)
 		_mainMenuDialog = new MainMenuDialog(this);
+
+	setGameToLoadSlot(-1);
+
 	runDialog(*_mainMenuDialog);
+
+	// Load savegame after main menu execution
+	// (not from inside the menu loop to avoid
+	// mouse cursor glitches and simliar bugs,
+	// e.g. #2822778).
+	// FIXME: For now we just ignore the return
+	// value, which is quite bad since it could
+	// be a fatal loading error, which renders
+	// the engine unusable.
+	if (_saveSlotToLoad > 0)
+		loadGameState(_saveSlotToLoad);
+
 	syncSoundSettings();
 }
 
@@ -437,6 +453,10 @@ int Engine::runDialog(GUI::Dialog &dialog) {
 	return result;
 }
 
+void Engine::setGameToLoadSlot(int slot) {
+	_saveSlotToLoad = slot;
+}
+
 void Engine::syncSoundSettings() {
 	// Sync the engine with the config manager
 	int soundVolumeMusic = ConfMan.getInt("music_volume");
diff --git a/engines/engine.h b/engines/engine.h
index 06b7f7deddb..2796df5c4f2 100644
--- a/engines/engine.h
+++ b/engines/engine.h
@@ -82,6 +82,13 @@ private:
 	 */
 	int32 _engineStartTime;
 
+	/**
+	 * Save slot selected via global main menu.
+	 * This slot will be loaded after main menu execution (not from inside
+	 * the menu loop, to avoid bugs like #2822778).
+	 */
+	int _saveSlotToLoad;
+
 public:
 
 
@@ -185,6 +192,15 @@ public:
 	 */
 	virtual Common::Error loadGameState(int slot);
 
+	/**
+	 * Sets the game slot for a savegame to be loaded after global
+	 * main menu execution. This is to avoid loading a savegame from
+	 * inside the menu loop which causes bugs like #2822778.
+	 *
+	 * @param slot	the slot from which a savestate should be loaded.
+	 */
+	void setGameToLoadSlot(int slot);
+
 	/**
 	 * Indicates whether a game state can be loaded.
 	 */