diff --git a/src/saveload/ai_sl.cpp b/src/saveload/ai_sl.cpp
--- a/src/saveload/ai_sl.cpp
+++ b/src/saveload/ai_sl.cpp
@@ -70,12 +70,20 @@ static void Load_AIPL()
 		} else {
 			config->ChangeAI(_ai_saveload_name, _ai_saveload_version);
 			if (!config->HasAI()) {
-				if (strcmp(_ai_saveload_name, "%_dummy") != 0) {
+				/* No version of the AI available that can load the data. Try to load the
+				 * latest version of the AI instead. */
+				config->ChangeAI(_ai_saveload_name, -1);
+				if (!config->HasAI()) {
+					if (strcmp(_ai_saveload_name, "%_dummy") != 0) {
+						DEBUG(ai, 0, "The savegame has an AI by the name '%s', version %d which is no longer available.", _ai_saveload_name, _ai_saveload_version);
+						DEBUG(ai, 0, "A random other AI will be loaded in its place.");
+					} else {
+						DEBUG(ai, 0, "The savegame had no AIs available at the time of saving.");
+						DEBUG(ai, 0, "A random available AI will be loaded now.");
+					}
+				} else {
 					DEBUG(ai, 0, "The savegame has an AI by the name '%s', version %d which is no longer available.", _ai_saveload_name, _ai_saveload_version);
-					DEBUG(ai, 0, "A random other AI will be loaded in its place.");
-				} else {
-					DEBUG(ai, 0, "The savegame had no AIs available at the time of saving.");
-					DEBUG(ai, 0, "A random available AI will be loaded now.");
+					DEBUG(ai, 0, "The latest version of that AI has been loaded instead, but it'll not get the savegame data as it's incompatible.");
 				}
 				/* Make sure the AI doesn't get the saveload data, as he was not the
 				 *  writer of the saveload data in the first place */