diff --git a/core/libs/prx/libSceSaveData.native/Export.cpp b/core/libs/prx/libSceSaveData.native/Export.cpp
index 08cc546d3..59b91db41 100644
--- a/core/libs/prx/libSceSaveData.native/Export.cpp
+++ b/core/libs/prx/libSceSaveData.native/Export.cpp
@@ -464,7 +464,6 @@ static int mount3(const SaveDataMount3* mount, SaveDataMountResult* mount_result
     if (mount == nullptr || mount_result == nullptr || mount->dir_name == nullptr) {
         throw std::runtime_error("sceSaveDataMount3: null argument");
     }
-    std::memset(mount_result, 0, sizeof(*mount_result));
     const bool create = (mount->mount_mode & SAVE_DATA_MOUNT_MODE_CREATE) != 0;
     const bool create2 = (mount->mount_mode & SAVE_DATA_MOUNT_MODE_CREATE2) != 0;
     const bool rdonly = (mount->mount_mode & SAVE_DATA_MOUNT_MODE_RDONLY) != 0;
@@ -506,6 +505,7 @@ static int mount3(const SaveDataMount3* mount, SaveDataMountResult* mount_result
     // path resolver maps it to the save directory, whose name may be far longer.
     const std::string mountPoint = "/savedata" + std::to_string(slot);
     AddPathAlias_nid_no_patch(mountPoint.c_str(), std::filesystem::absolute(real_path).string().c_str());
+    std::memset(mount_result, 0, sizeof(*mount_result));
     g_slots[slot].used = true;
     g_slots[slot].mount_point = mountPoint;
     g_slots[slot].real_path = real_path;
diff --git a/core/libs/tests/GuestSaveDataMountStatus.cpp b/core/libs/tests/GuestSaveDataMountStatus.cpp
index c51a1cb5c..9249ab383 100644
--- a/core/libs/tests/GuestSaveDataMountStatus.cpp
+++ b/core/libs/tests/GuestSaveDataMountStatus.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ namespace {
 constexpr std::uint32_t MountReadWrite = 2;
 constexpr std::uint32_t MountCreate = 4;
 constexpr std::uint32_t MountCreate2 = 32;
+constexpr int SaveDataErrorBusy = -2137063421;
+constexpr int SaveDataErrorNotFound = -2137063416;
 
 int failures = 0;
 
@@ -41,6 +43,26 @@ void MountAndCheck(const char* name, std::uint32_t mode, std::uint32_t expectedS
     Check(sceSaveDataUmount2(0, &result.mount_point) == 0, what + ": unmounts");
 }
 
+void CheckFailedMountKeepsResult() {
+    SceSaveDataDirName held{};
+    std::memcpy(held.data, "held", sizeof("held"));
+    SaveDataMount3 mount{};
+    mount.dir_name = &held;
+    mount.mount_mode = MountReadWrite | MountCreate2;
+    SaveDataMountResult result{};
+    Check(sceSaveDataMount3(&mount, &result) == 0, "first mount of a save");
+    const SaveDataMountResult mounted = result;
+    Check(sceSaveDataMount3(&mount, &result) == SaveDataErrorBusy, "second mount of a mounted save is BUSY");
+    Check(std::memcmp(&result, &mounted, sizeof(result)) == 0, "a BUSY mount leaves the result as it was");
+    SceSaveDataDirName absent{};
+    std::memcpy(absent.data, "absent", sizeof("absent"));
+    mount.dir_name = &absent;
+    mount.mount_mode = MountReadWrite;
+    Check(sceSaveDataMount3(&mount, &result) == SaveDataErrorNotFound, "open of a missing save is NOT_FOUND");
+    Check(std::memcmp(&result, &mounted, sizeof(result)) == 0, "a NOT_FOUND mount leaves the result as it was");
+    Check(sceSaveDataUmount2(0, &result.mount_point) == 0, "the kept mount point unmounts the save");
+}
+
 }
 
 int main() {
@@ -53,6 +75,7 @@ int main() {
     MountAndCheck("fresh", MountReadWrite | MountCreate2, 0u, "CREATE2 of an existing save");
     MountAndCheck("made", MountReadWrite | MountCreate, 1u, "CREATE of a missing save");
     MountAndCheck("made", MountReadWrite, 0u, "open of an existing save");
+    CheckFailedMountKeepsResult();
     std::filesystem::current_path(previous);
     std::error_code error;
     std::filesystem::remove_all(root, error);
diff --git a/docs/dev/debt/libSceSaveData.native.md b/docs/dev/debt/libSceSaveData.native.md
index 45da9c14c..c6a5c1397 100644
--- a/docs/dev/debt/libSceSaveData.native.md
+++ b/docs/dev/debt/libSceSaveData.native.md
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@
 ### Functional
 
 - [sceSaveDataDirNameSearch2](../../../core/libs/prx/libSceSaveData.native/Export.cpp) (libSceSaveData.native) runs the same search as `sceSaveDataDirNameSearch` with the same condition and result structures, as [SharpEmu](https://github.com/sharpemu/sharpemu/blob/main/src/SharpEmu.Libs/SaveData/SaveDataExports.cs) does, its only source; what distinguishes it on the console is unknown.
+- [sceSaveDataMount3](../../../core/libs/prx/libSceSaveData.native/Export.cpp) (libSceSaveData.native) - a failed mount (BUSY, EXISTS, NOT_FOUND, MOUNT_FULL) leaves the result as it was, as shadPS4 does; not checked on hardware. Animal Well (PPSA22520) depends on it: it checks for its save with a mount it never unmounts, then saves with a second mount of the same directory, ignores its BUSY and keeps using the first mount point for `sceSaveDataPrepare`, its file and `sceSaveDataUmount2`