diff --git a/soh/src/code/graph.c b/soh/src/code/graph.c
index f4a824cb4..f4dcf56e8 100644
--- a/soh/src/code/graph.c
+++ b/soh/src/code/graph.c
@@ -433,6 +433,7 @@ static void RunFrame()
 {
     u32 size;
     char faultMsg[0x50];
+    static bool hasSetupSkybox = false;
 
     switch (runFrameContext.state) {
         case 0:
@@ -465,6 +466,14 @@ static void RunFrame()
         }
         GameState_Init(runFrameContext.gameState, runFrameContext.ovl->init, &runFrameContext.gfxCtx);
 
+        // Setup the normal skybox once before entering any game states to avoid the 0xabababab crash.
+        // The crash is due to certain skyboxes not loading all the data they need from Skybox_Setup.
+        if (!hasSetupSkybox) {
+            GlobalContext* globalCtx = (GlobalContext*)runFrameContext.gameState;
+            Skybox_Setup(globalCtx, &globalCtx->skyboxCtx, SKYBOX_NORMAL_SKY);
+            hasSetupSkybox = true;
+        }
+
         uint64_t freq = GetFrequency();
 
         while (GameState_IsRunning(runFrameContext.gameState))