diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 72ea356d..ebbf395d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 - Fix showing the first playlist in the list
 - Fix memory leaks in core/
 - Fix theme parsing errors
+- Fix crash while reading 6.4.x playlists
 
 6.5.0-rc:
 - Convert to CMake/CTest
diff --git a/core/playlists/system.c b/core/playlists/system.c
index 73b42bf8..072c00c2 100644
--- a/core/playlists/system.c
+++ b/core/playlists/system.c
@@ -422,10 +422,10 @@ static bool __sys_pl_load_new()
 	gchar *name;
 
 	if (!file_open(&sys_pl_file, OPEN_READ)) {
-		idle_schedule(IDLE_SYNC, __sys_pl_load, NULL);
-		idle_schedule(IDLE_SYNC, sys_pl_collection_load, NULL);
-		idle_schedule(IDLE_SYNC, sys_pl_queued_load, NULL);
-		idle_schedule(IDLE_SYNC, __sys_pl_update_save, NULL);
+		__sys_pl_load();
+		sys_pl_collection_load();
+		sys_pl_queued_load();
+		__sys_pl_update_save();
 		return true;
 	}