diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwinput/inputmanagerimp.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwinput/inputmanagerimp.cpp
index c0ec740156..6e0f3375b5 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwinput/inputmanagerimp.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwinput/inputmanagerimp.cpp
@@ -1312,6 +1312,9 @@ namespace MWInput
         if (!checkAllowedToUseItems())
             return;
 
+        if (MWBase::Environment::get().getWorld()->getGlobalFloat ("chargenstate")!=-1)
+            return;
+
         if (!MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->isGuiMode())
             MWBase::Environment::get().getWindowManager()->activateQuickKey (index);
     }