diff --git a/src/saveload/afterload.cpp b/src/saveload/afterload.cpp
--- a/src/saveload/afterload.cpp
+++ b/src/saveload/afterload.cpp
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ static void InitializeWindowsAndCaches()
 		/* For each company, verify (while loading a scenario) that the inauguration date is the current year and set it
 		 * accordingly if it is not the case.  No need to set it on companies that are not been used already,
 		 * thus the MIN_YEAR (which is really nothing more than Zero, initialized value) test */
-		if (_file_to_saveload.filetype == FT_SCENARIO && c->inaugurated_year != MIN_YEAR) {
+		if (_file_to_saveload.abstract_ftype == FT_SCENARIO && c->inaugurated_year != MIN_YEAR) {
 			c->inaugurated_year = _cur_year;
 		}
 	}