--- a/Game/src/menues.c
+++ b/Game/src/menues.c
@@ -3250,11 +3250,15 @@
                 {
                     if( ud.savegame[current_menu-360][0] == 0 )
                     {
-                        KB_FlushKeyboardQueue();
-                        cmenu(351);
+                        /* Only name a slot after confirmation: cancellation
+                         * must not create a phantom save in the slot list. */
+                        snprintf(ud.savegame[current_menu-360], 19,
+                            "E%dL%02d SAVE %02d", ud.volume_number+1,
+                            ud.level_number+1, current_menu-360+1);
                     }
-                    else
+                    /* Existing names, overwrite confirmation and saveplayer
+                     * behaviour remain unchanged. */
                     {
                         if(ud.multimode > 1)
                             saveplayer(-1-(current_menu-360));