diff --git a/src/saveload/saveload.cpp b/src/saveload/saveload.cpp
--- a/src/saveload/saveload.cpp
+++ b/src/saveload/saveload.cpp
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ static inline uint SlGetArrayLength(size
  * @param conv VarType type of variable that is used for calculating the size
  * @return Return the size of this type in bytes
  */
-static inline uint SlCalcConvMemLen(VarType conv)
+uint SlCalcConvMemLen(VarType conv)
 {
 	static const byte conv_mem_size[] = {1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 4, 8, 8, 0};
 	byte length = GB(conv, 4, 4);
@@ -1412,21 +1412,6 @@ static inline bool SlIsObjectValidInSave
 }
 
 /**
- * Are we going to load this variable when loading a savegame or not?
- * @note If the variable is skipped it is skipped in the savegame
- * bytestream itself as well, so there is no need to skip it somewhere else
- */
-static inline bool SlSkipVariableOnLoad(const SaveLoad &sld)
-{
-	if ((sld.conv & SLF_NO_NETWORK_SYNC) && _sl.action != SLA_SAVE && _networking && !_network_server) {
-		SlSkipBytes(SlCalcConvMemLen(sld.conv) * sld.length);
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	return false;
-}
-
-/**
  * Calculate the size of an object.
  * @param object to be measured.
  * @param slt The SaveLoad table with objects to save/load.
@@ -1538,7 +1523,6 @@ bool SlObjectMember(void *ptr, const Sav
 		case SL_STDSTR:
 			/* CONDITIONAL saveload types depend on the savegame version */
 			if (!SlIsObjectValidInSavegame(sld)) return false;
-			if (SlSkipVariableOnLoad(sld)) return false;
 
 			switch (sld.cmd) {
 				case SL_VAR: SlSaveLoadConv(ptr, conv); break;
diff --git a/src/saveload/saveload.h b/src/saveload/saveload.h
--- a/src/saveload/saveload.h
+++ b/src/saveload/saveload.h
@@ -896,6 +896,7 @@ void WriteValue(void *ptr, VarType conv,
 void SlSetArrayIndex(uint index);
 int SlIterateArray();
 
+uint SlCalcConvMemLen(VarType conv);
 void SlAutolength(AutolengthProc *proc, void *arg);
 size_t SlGetFieldLength();
 void SlSetLength(size_t length);
diff --git a/src/settings.cpp b/src/settings.cpp
--- a/src/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/settings.cpp
@@ -2025,9 +2025,15 @@ static void LoadSettings(const SettingTa
 	for (auto &osd : settings) {
 		if (osd->save.conv & SLF_NOT_IN_SAVE) continue;
 
-		void *ptr = GetVariableAddress(object, osd->save);
+		SaveLoad sl = osd->save;
+		if ((osd->save.conv & SLF_NO_NETWORK_SYNC) && _networking && !_network_server) {
+			/* We don't want to read this setting, so we do need to skip over it. */
+			sl = SLE_NULL(static_cast<uint16>(SlCalcConvMemLen(osd->save.conv) * osd->save.length));
+		}
 
-		if (!SlObjectMember(ptr, osd->save)) continue;
+		void *ptr = GetVariableAddress(object, sl);
+		if (!SlObjectMember(ptr, sl)) continue;
+
 		if (osd->IsIntSetting()) {
 			const IntSettingDesc *int_setting = osd->AsIntSetting();
 			int_setting->MakeValueValidAndWrite(object, int_setting->Read(object));