diff --git a/src/ai/api/ai_controller.cpp b/src/ai/api/ai_controller.cpp
index 88e666db48..6852e1142c 100644
--- a/src/ai/api/ai_controller.cpp
+++ b/src/ai/api/ai_controller.cpp
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 /* static */ void AIController::Sleep(int ticks)
 {
-	if (!AIObject::GetAllowDoCommand()) {
+	if (!AIObject::CanSuspend()) {
 		throw AI_FatalError("You are not allowed to call Sleep in your constructor, Save(), Load(), and any valuator.");
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/ai/api/ai_object.cpp b/src/ai/api/ai_object.cpp
index 5f9031442f..45012c20c6 100644
--- a/src/ai/api/ai_object.cpp
+++ b/src/ai/api/ai_object.cpp
@@ -169,6 +169,11 @@ void AIObject::SetAllowDoCommand(bool allow)
 }
 
 bool AIObject::GetAllowDoCommand()
+{
+	return GetStorage()->allow_do_command;
+}
+
+bool AIObject::CanSuspend()
 {
 	Squirrel *squirrel = Company::Get(_current_company)->ai_instance->engine;
 	return GetStorage()->allow_do_command && squirrel->CanSuspend();
@@ -197,7 +202,7 @@ int AIObject::GetCallbackVariable(int index)
 
 bool AIObject::DoCommand(TileIndex tile, uint32 p1, uint32 p2, uint cmd, const char *text, AISuspendCallbackProc *callback)
 {
-	if (AIObject::GetAllowDoCommand() == false) {
+	if (!AIObject::CanSuspend()) {
 		throw AI_FatalError("You are not allowed to execute any DoCommand (even indirect) in your constructor, Save(), Load(), and any valuator.");
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/ai/api/ai_object.hpp b/src/ai/api/ai_object.hpp
index e60fc35c5b..21404d7e30 100644
--- a/src/ai/api/ai_object.hpp
+++ b/src/ai/api/ai_object.hpp
@@ -140,8 +140,15 @@ protected:
 	static GroupID GetNewGroupID();
 
 	/**
-	 * Get the latest stored allow_do_command.
-	 *  If this is false, you are not allowed to do any DoCommands.
+	 * Can we suspend the AI at this moment?
+	 */
+	static bool CanSuspend();
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the internal value of allow_do_command. This can differ
+	 * from CanSuspend() if the reason we are not allowed
+	 * to execute a DoCommand is in squirrel and not the API.
+	 * In that case use this function to restore the previous value.
 	 */
 	static bool GetAllowDoCommand();