diff --git a/source/games/blood/src/loadsave.cpp b/source/games/blood/src/loadsave.cpp
index 51f5a2509..7e84b8e21 100644
--- a/source/games/blood/src/loadsave.cpp
+++ b/source/games/blood/src/loadsave.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
 
 BEGIN_BLD_NS
 
+void validateLinks();
+
+
 FixedBitArray<MAXSPRITES> activeXSprites;
 
 // All AI states for assigning an index.
@@ -817,6 +820,7 @@ void GameInterface::SerializeGameState(FSerializer& arc)
 		Polymost::Polymost_prepare_loadboard();
 		Mus_ResumeSaved();
 	}
+	validateLinks();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/source/games/blood/src/warp.cpp b/source/games/blood/src/warp.cpp
index 869e8ff47..4aa423053 100644
--- a/source/games/blood/src/warp.cpp
+++ b/source/games/blood/src/warp.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,27 @@ ZONE gStartZone[8];
     ZONE gStartZoneTeam2[8];
     bool gTeamsSpawnUsed = false;
 #endif
+
+void validateLinks()
+{
+    int snum = 0;
+    for (auto& sect : sectors())
+    {
+
+        if (getUpperLink(snum) && !getUpperLink(snum)->GetOwner())
+        {
+            Printf("Unpartnered upper link in sector %d\n", snum);
+            gUpperLink[snum] = nullptr;
+        }
+        if (getLowerLink(snum) && !getLowerLink(snum)->GetOwner())
+        {
+            Printf("Unpartnered upper link in sector %d\n", snum);
+            gLowerLink[snum] = nullptr;
+        }
+        snum++;
+    }
+}
+
 void warpInit(void)
 {
     for (int i = 0; i < kMaxSectors; i++)
@@ -166,6 +187,7 @@ void warpInit(void)
             }
         }
     }
+	validateLinks();
 }
 
 int CheckLink(DBloodActor *actor)