diff --git a/src/play_controller.cpp b/src/play_controller.cpp
index 5156346eed97..4b3af566780c 100644
--- a/src/play_controller.cpp
+++ b/src/play_controller.cpp
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ play_controller::play_controller(const config& level,
 	, statistics_context_(new statistics::scenario_context(level["name"]))
 	, replay_(new replay(state_of_game.get_replay()))
 	, skip_replay_(skip_replay)
+	, skip_story_(state_of_game.skip_story())
 	, linger_(false)
 	, init_side_done_now_(false)
 	, map_start_()
diff --git a/src/play_controller.hpp b/src/play_controller.hpp
index 3738e6517a26..66aa9e8350ac 100644
--- a/src/play_controller.hpp
+++ b/src/play_controller.hpp
@@ -242,6 +242,8 @@ class play_controller : public controller_base, public events::observer, public
 
 	void do_autosave();
 
+	bool is_skipping_story() const { return skip_story_; }
+
 	void do_consolesave(const std::string& filename);
 
 	events::mouse_handler& get_mouse_handler_base() override;
@@ -451,6 +453,7 @@ class play_controller : public controller_base, public events::observer, public
 	std::unique_ptr<replay> replay_;
 
 	bool skip_replay_;
+	bool skip_story_;
 	bool linger_;
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/playsingle_controller.cpp b/src/playsingle_controller.cpp
index d75b44a50cd1..f8331a19d79c 100644
--- a/src/playsingle_controller.cpp
+++ b/src/playsingle_controller.cpp
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ LEVEL_RESULT playsingle_controller::play_scenario(const config& level)
 	}
 	sound::commit_music_changes();
 
-	if(!this->is_skipping_replay() && !saved_game_.skip_story()) {
+	if(!this->is_skipping_replay() && !this->is_skipping_story()) {
 		// Combine all the [story] tags into a single config. Handle this here since
 		// storyscreen::controller doesn't have a default constructor.
 		config cfg;