diff --git a/stepmania/src/GameState.cpp b/stepmania/src/GameState.cpp
index e52c87b4be..db6e83e36e 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/GameState.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/GameState.cpp
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ void GameState::Reset()
 {
 	EndGame();
 	
+	/* Don't do the OS mount for cards during the attract screens.  Only do OS mounts in
+	 * the time between BeginGame and PlayersFinalized.  XXX: I think we do that anyway,
+	 * when m_bMemoryCardsMountOnlyWhenNecessary is true.  Can we remove this? */
 	MEMCARDMAN->LockCards();
 	
 	ASSERT( THEME );
@@ -227,7 +230,8 @@ void GameState::PlayersFinalized()
 	m_bPlayersFinalized = true;
 
 	MEMCARDMAN->PauseMountingThread();
-	MEMCARDMAN->LockCards();	// this does a mount
+	MEMCARDMAN->LockCards();
+	MEMCARDMAN->TryMountAllCards();
 
 	// apply saved default modifiers if any
 	FOREACH_HumanPlayer( pn )
diff --git a/stepmania/src/MemoryCardManager.cpp b/stepmania/src/MemoryCardManager.cpp
index 3af6a07dbc..a064d749aa 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/MemoryCardManager.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/MemoryCardManager.cpp
@@ -219,16 +219,6 @@ void MemoryCardManager::LockCards()
 		return;
 
 	m_bCardsLocked = true;
-	
-	LOG->Trace( "do the final mount" );
-	
-	FOREACH_EnabledPlayer( p )
-	{
-		if( m_Device[p].IsBlank() )	// they don't have an assigned card
-			continue;
-		
-		MountCard( p );
-	}
 }
 
 void MemoryCardManager::UnlockCards()
@@ -243,7 +233,8 @@ void MemoryCardManager::UnlockCards()
 }
 
 
-/* Used by TransferStatsFromMachine, TransferStatsToMachine.  Should block. */
+/* Used by TransferStatsFromMachine, TransferStatsToMachine, and PlayersFinalized()
+ * just before reading the profile.  Should block. */
 void MemoryCardManager::TryMountAllCards()
 {
 	FOREACH_EnabledPlayer( p )