diff --git a/zsnes/src/cpu/execute.asm b/zsnes/src/cpu/execute.asm
index 533d0aae..419e36a3 100644
--- a/zsnes/src/cpu/execute.asm
+++ b/zsnes/src/cpu/execute.asm
@@ -1998,7 +1998,7 @@ NEWSYM loadstate
     dec ecx
     jnz .next
     cmp byte[versn],60
-    jne near .convert
+    jb near .convert
     mov dword[Msgptr],.loadmsg
     jmp .noconvert
 .convert