diff --git a/src/events.cpp b/src/events.cpp
index 0b8802c910..19034d4957 100755
--- a/src/events.cpp
+++ b/src/events.cpp
@@ -515,15 +515,17 @@ bool E_CheckReplacement( PClassActor *replacee, PClassActor **replacement )
 	return final;
 }
 
-void E_NewGame(bool map)
+void E_NewGame(EventHandlerType handlerType)
 {
+	bool isStatic = handlerType == EventHandlerType::Global;
+
 	// Shut down all per-map event handlers before static NewGame events.
-	if (!map)
+	if (isStatic)
 		E_Shutdown(true);
 
 	for (DStaticEventHandler* handler = E_FirstEventHandler; handler; handler = handler->next)
 	{
-		if (handler->IsStatic() == !map)
+		if (handler->IsStatic() == isStatic)
 			handler->NewGame();
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/events.h b/src/events.h
index cacc78ce70..392ae0680e 100755
--- a/src/events.h
+++ b/src/events.h
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
 
 class DStaticEventHandler;
 
+enum class EventHandlerType
+{
+	Global,
+	PerMap
+};
+
 // register
 bool E_RegisterHandler(DStaticEventHandler* handler);
 // unregister
@@ -73,7 +79,7 @@ void E_Console(int player, FString name, int arg1, int arg2, int arg3, bool manu
 bool E_CheckReplacement(PClassActor* replacee, PClassActor** replacement);
 
 // called on new game
-void E_NewGame(bool map);
+void E_NewGame(EventHandlerType handlerType);
 
 // send networked event. unified function.
 bool E_SendNetworkEvent(FString name, int arg1, int arg2, int arg3, bool manual);
diff --git a/src/g_level.cpp b/src/g_level.cpp
index 69514f6907..05c41614ab 100644
--- a/src/g_level.cpp
+++ b/src/g_level.cpp
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ void G_DoLoadLevel (int position, bool autosave, bool newGame)
 
 	if (newGame)
 	{
-		E_NewGame(false);
+		E_NewGame(EventHandlerType::Global);
 	}
 
 	P_SetupLevel (level.MapName, position, newGame);
diff --git a/src/p_setup.cpp b/src/p_setup.cpp
index a9414a776b..32d3dd5ff8 100644
--- a/src/p_setup.cpp
+++ b/src/p_setup.cpp
@@ -3722,7 +3722,7 @@ void P_SetupLevel (const char *lumpname, int position, bool newGame)
 
 	if (newGame)
 	{
-		E_NewGame(true);
+		E_NewGame(EventHandlerType::PerMap);
 	}
 
 	// [RH] Support loading Build maps (because I felt like it. :-)