diff --git a/Common/System/System.h b/Common/System/System.h
index 5bd9a4bb19..0838e3f7cd 100644
--- a/Common/System/System.h
+++ b/Common/System/System.h
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ enum class UIMessage {
 	RECENT_FILES_CHANGED,
 	SAVE_FRAME_DUMP,
 	ADHOC_SERVER_LIST_CHANGED,
+	SAVESTATE_SLOT_SAVED,  // A slot's save state file was written.
 };
 
 std::string System_GetProperty(SystemProperty prop);
diff --git a/Core/SaveState.cpp b/Core/SaveState.cpp
index dffde2d7a9..6a00dca850 100644
--- a/Core/SaveState.cpp
+++ b/Core/SaveState.cpp
@@ -1174,6 +1174,8 @@ int g_screenshotFailures;
 					g_Config.Save("Saving config for savestate last save undo");
 				}
 				g_filesStale = true;
+				// The pause screen may have listed the slots before the file was there.
+				System_PostUIMessage(UIMessage::SAVESTATE_SLOT_SAVED);
 			}
 		} else {
 			if (result == CChunkFileReader::ERROR_BROKEN_STATE) {
diff --git a/UI/PauseScreen.cpp b/UI/PauseScreen.cpp
index aed72a1238..4e6ef286f8 100644
--- a/UI/PauseScreen.cpp
+++ b/UI/PauseScreen.cpp
@@ -411,6 +411,14 @@ void GamePauseScreen::update() {
 	SetVRAppMode(VRAppMode::VR_MENU_MODE);
 }
 
+void GamePauseScreen::sendMessage(UIMessage message, const char *value) {
+	UIBaseDialogScreen::sendMessage(message, value);
+	if (message == UIMessage::SAVESTATE_SLOT_SAVED) {
+		// A save started before the screen opened has finished writing, so its slot needs updating.
+		RecreateViews();
+	}
+}
+
 GamePauseScreen::GamePauseScreen(const Path &filename, bool bootPending)
 	: UIBaseDialogScreen(filename), bootPending_(bootPending) {
 	// So we can tell if something blew up while on the pause screen.
diff --git a/UI/PauseScreen.h b/UI/PauseScreen.h
index 91ec75d11f..1a02e968b1 100644
--- a/UI/PauseScreen.h
+++ b/UI/PauseScreen.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public:
 	~GamePauseScreen();
 
 	void dialogFinished(const Screen *dialog, DialogResult dr) override;
+	void sendMessage(UIMessage message, const char *value) override;
 
 	const char *tag() const override { return "GamePause"; }