diff --git a/toonz/sources/include/toonz/toonzscene.h b/toonz/sources/include/toonz/toonzscene.h
index 8bedae4..10c3897 100644
--- a/toonz/sources/include/toonz/toonzscene.h
+++ b/toonz/sources/include/toonz/toonzscene.h
@@ -259,6 +259,9 @@ If \b scene is in +scenes/name.tnz return name,
   // if the path is codable with $scenefolder alias, replace it and return true
   bool codeFilePathWithSceneFolder(TFilePath &path) const;
 
+  bool isLoading() { return m_isLoading; }
+  void setIsLoading(bool isLoading) { m_isLoading = isLoading; }
+
 private:
   TFilePath m_scenePath;  //!< Full path to the scene file (.tnz).
 
@@ -273,6 +276,11 @@ private:
                                   // currently it is not match with OT version.
                                   // TODO: Revise VersionNumber with OT version
 
+  bool m_isLoading;  // Set to true while loading the scene. Currently this flag
+                     // is used when loading PSD levels, for defining whether to
+                     // convert a layerId in the path to the layer name. See
+                     // TXshSimpleLevel::load().
+
 private:
   // noncopyable
   ToonzScene(const ToonzScene &);
diff --git a/toonz/sources/toonzlib/toonzscene.cpp b/toonz/sources/toonzlib/toonzscene.cpp
index d9ccae2..6de0982 100644
--- a/toonz/sources/toonzlib/toonzscene.cpp
+++ b/toonz/sources/toonzlib/toonzscene.cpp
@@ -276,7 +276,8 @@ static void deleteAllUntitledScenes() {
 //=============================================================================
 // ToonzScene
 
-ToonzScene::ToonzScene() : m_contentHistory(0), m_isUntitled(true) {
+ToonzScene::ToonzScene()
+    : m_contentHistory(0), m_isUntitled(true), m_isLoading(false) {
   m_childStack = new ChildStack(this);
   m_properties = new TSceneProperties();
   m_levelSet   = new TLevelSet();
@@ -348,8 +349,15 @@ bool ToonzScene::isUntitled() const {
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 void ToonzScene::load(const TFilePath &path, bool withProgressDialog) {
-  loadNoResources(path);
-  loadResources(withProgressDialog);
+  setIsLoading(true);
+  try {
+    loadNoResources(path);
+    loadResources(withProgressDialog);
+  } catch (...) {
+    setIsLoading(false);
+    throw;
+  }
+  setIsLoading(false);
 }
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/toonz/sources/toonzlib/txshsimplelevel.cpp b/toonz/sources/toonzlib/txshsimplelevel.cpp
index 76d17c9..a7a31c7 100644
--- a/toonz/sources/toonzlib/txshsimplelevel.cpp
+++ b/toonz/sources/toonzlib/txshsimplelevel.cpp
@@ -1133,8 +1133,10 @@ void TXshSimpleLevel::load() {
   } else {
     // Not a scan + cleanup level
 
-    if (m_path.getType() == "psd" &&
-        this->getScene()->getVersionNumber().first < 71)
+    // Loading PSD files via load level command needs to convert layerID in the
+    // file path to layer name here. The conversion is not needed on loading
+    // scene as the file path loaded from the scene file is already converted.
+    if (m_path.getType() == "psd" && !this->getScene()->isLoading())
       m_path = getLevelPathAndSetNameWithPsdLevelName(this);
 
     TFilePath path = getScene()->decodeFilePath(m_path);