diff --git a/src/saveload/oldloader.cpp b/src/saveload/oldloader.cpp
--- a/src/saveload/oldloader.cpp
+++ b/src/saveload/oldloader.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #include "saveload_internal.h"
 #include "oldloader.h"
 
+#include <exception>
+
 static const int TTO_HEADER_SIZE = 41;
 static const int TTD_HEADER_SIZE = 49;
 
@@ -49,13 +51,14 @@ static byte ReadByteFromFile(LoadgameSta
 	/* To avoid slow reads, we read BUFFER_SIZE of bytes per time
 	and just return a byte per time */
 	if (ls->buffer_cur >= ls->buffer_count) {
+
 		/* Read some new bytes from the file */
 		int count = (int)fread(ls->buffer, 1, BUFFER_SIZE, ls->file);
 
 		/* We tried to read, but there is nothing in the file anymore.. */
 		if (count == 0) {
 			DEBUG(oldloader, 0, "Read past end of file, loading failed");
-			ls->failed = true;
+			throw std::exception();
 		}
 
 		ls->buffer_count = count;
@@ -119,8 +122,6 @@ bool LoadChunk(LoadgameState *ls, void *
 		if (chunk->type & OC_DEREFERENCE_POINTER) ptr = *(byte**)ptr;
 
 		for (uint i = 0; i < chunk->amount; i++) {
-			if (ls->failed) return false;
-
 			/* Handle simple types */
 			if (GetOldChunkType(chunk->type) != 0) {
 				switch (GetOldChunkType(chunk->type)) {
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ bool LoadChunk(LoadgameState *ls, void *
 
 					case OC_ASSERT:
 						DEBUG(oldloader, 4, "Assert point: 0x%X / 0x%X", ls->total_read, chunk->offset + _bump_assert_value);
-						if (ls->total_read != chunk->offset + _bump_assert_value) ls->failed = true;
+						if (ls->total_read != chunk->offset + _bump_assert_value) throw std::exception();
 					default: break;
 				}
 			} else {
@@ -189,7 +190,6 @@ static void InitLoading(LoadgameState *l
 {
 	ls->chunk_size   = 0;
 	ls->total_read   = 0;
-	ls->failed       = false;
 
 	ls->decoding     = false;
 	ls->decode_char  = 0;
@@ -301,7 +301,14 @@ bool LoadOldSaveGame(const char *file)
 
 	_savegame_type = type;
 
-	if (proc == NULL || !proc(&ls)) {
+	bool game_loaded;
+	try {
+		game_loaded = proc != NULL && proc(&ls);
+	} catch (...) {
+		game_loaded = false;
+	}
+
+	if (!game_loaded) {
 		SetSaveLoadError(STR_GAME_SAVELOAD_ERROR_DATA_INTEGRITY_CHECK_FAILED);
 		fclose(ls.file);
 		return false;
diff --git a/src/saveload/oldloader.h b/src/saveload/oldloader.h
--- a/src/saveload/oldloader.h
+++ b/src/saveload/oldloader.h
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ struct LoadgameState {
 	byte buffer[BUFFER_SIZE];
 
 	uint total_read;
-	bool failed;
 };
 
 /* OldChunk-Type */
diff --git a/src/saveload/oldloader_sl.cpp b/src/saveload/oldloader_sl.cpp
--- a/src/saveload/oldloader_sl.cpp
+++ b/src/saveload/oldloader_sl.cpp
@@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ static bool LoadOldMapPart1(LoadgameStat
 		}
 	}
 
-	return !ls->failed;
+	return true;
 }
 
 static bool LoadOldMapPart2(LoadgameState *ls, int num)
@@ -1493,7 +1493,7 @@ static bool LoadOldMapPart2(LoadgameStat
 		_m[i].m5 = ReadByte(ls);
 	}
 
-	return !ls->failed;
+	return true;
 }
 
 static bool LoadTTDPatchExtraChunks(LoadgameState *ls, int num)
@@ -1548,7 +1548,7 @@ static bool LoadTTDPatchExtraChunks(Load
 		}
 	}
 
-	return !ls->failed;
+	return true;
 }
 
 extern TileIndex _cur_tileloop_tile;
@@ -1734,11 +1734,17 @@ bool LoadTTDMain(LoadgameState *ls)
 	SmallStackSafeStackAlloc<byte, OLD_MAP_SIZE * 2> map3;
 	_old_map3 = map3.data;
 	_old_vehicle_names = NULL;
-	if (!LoadChunk(ls, NULL, main_chunk)) {
-		DEBUG(oldloader, 0, "Loading failed");
+	try {
+		if (!LoadChunk(ls, NULL, main_chunk)) {
+			DEBUG(oldloader, 0, "Loading failed");
+			free(_old_vehicle_names);
+			return false;
+		}
+	} catch (...) {
 		free(_old_vehicle_names);
-		return false;
+		throw;
 	}
+
 	DEBUG(oldloader, 3, "Done, converting game data...");
 
 	FixTTDMapArray();