diff --git a/src/saveload/saveload.cpp b/src/saveload/saveload.cpp
index 98bcd02a4c..ef2d58280e 100644
--- a/src/saveload/saveload.cpp
+++ b/src/saveload/saveload.cpp
@@ -3563,7 +3563,7 @@ SaveOrLoadResult SaveOrLoad(const std::string &filename, SaveLoadOperation fop,
 
 		if (fop == SLO_SAVE) { // SAVE game
 			DEBUG(desync, 1, "save: date{%08x; %02x; %02x}; %s", _date, _date_fract, _tick_skip_counter, filename.c_str());
-			if (_network_server || !_settings_client.gui.threaded_saves) threaded = false;
+			if (!_settings_client.gui.threaded_saves) threaded = false;
 
 			return DoSave(new FileWriter(fh), threaded);
 		}