diff --git a/builtin/am.c b/builtin/am.c
index 1399c8dd88..f81b74dd0b 100644
--- a/builtin/am.c
+++ b/builtin/am.c
@@ -1779,7 +1779,6 @@ static void am_run(struct am_state *state, int resume)
 
 		if (resume) {
 			validate_resume_state(state);
-			resume = 0;
 		} else {
 			int skip;
 
@@ -1841,6 +1840,10 @@ static void am_run(struct am_state *state, int resume)
 
 next:
 		am_next(state);
+
+		if (resume)
+			am_load(state);
+		resume = 0;
 	}
 
 	if (!is_empty_file(am_path(state, "rewritten"))) {
@@ -1895,6 +1898,7 @@ static void am_resolve(struct am_state *state)
 
 next:
 	am_next(state);
+	am_load(state);
 	am_run(state, 0);
 }
 
@@ -2022,6 +2026,7 @@ static void am_skip(struct am_state *state)
 		die(_("failed to clean index"));
 
 	am_next(state);
+	am_load(state);
 	am_run(state, 0);
 }
 
@@ -2132,6 +2137,7 @@ int cmd_am(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	int keep_cr = -1;
 	int patch_format = PATCH_FORMAT_UNKNOWN;
 	enum resume_mode resume = RESUME_FALSE;
+	int in_progress;
 
 	const char * const usage[] = {
 		N_("git am [options] [(<mbox>|<Maildir>)...]"),
@@ -2227,6 +2233,10 @@ int cmd_am(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	am_state_init(&state, git_path("rebase-apply"));
 
+	in_progress = am_in_progress(&state);
+	if (in_progress)
+		am_load(&state);
+
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, prefix, options, usage, 0);
 
 	if (binary >= 0)
@@ -2239,7 +2249,7 @@ int cmd_am(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 	if (read_index_preload(&the_index, NULL) < 0)
 		die(_("failed to read the index"));
 
-	if (am_in_progress(&state)) {
+	if (in_progress) {
 		/*
 		 * Catch user error to feed us patches when there is a session
 		 * in progress:
@@ -2257,8 +2267,6 @@ int cmd_am(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 		if (resume == RESUME_FALSE)
 			resume = RESUME_APPLY;
-
-		am_load(&state);
 	} else {
 		struct argv_array paths = ARGV_ARRAY_INIT;
 		int i;
diff --git a/t/t4153-am-resume-override-opts.sh b/t/t4153-am-resume-override-opts.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..39fac7993e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t4153-am-resume-override-opts.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='git-am command-line options override saved options'
+
+. ./test-lib.sh
+. "$TEST_DIRECTORY"/lib-terminal.sh
+
+format_patch () {
+	git format-patch --stdout -1 "$1" >"$1".eml
+}
+
+test_expect_success 'setup' '
+	test_commit initial file &&
+	test_commit first file &&
+
+	git checkout initial &&
+	git mv file file2 &&
+	test_tick &&
+	git commit -m renamed-file &&
+	git tag renamed-file &&
+
+	git checkout -b side initial &&
+	test_commit side1 file &&
+	test_commit side2 file &&
+
+	format_patch side1 &&
+	format_patch side2
+'
+
+test_expect_success TTY '--3way overrides --no-3way' '
+	rm -fr .git/rebase-apply &&
+	git reset --hard &&
+	git checkout renamed-file &&
+
+	# Applying side1 will fail as the file has been renamed.
+	test_must_fail git am --no-3way side[12].eml &&
+	test_path_is_dir .git/rebase-apply &&
+	test_cmp_rev renamed-file HEAD &&
+	test -z "$(git ls-files -u)" &&
+
+	# Applying side1 with am --3way will succeed due to the threeway-merge.
+	# Applying side2 will fail as --3way does not apply to it.
+	test_must_fail test_terminal git am --3way </dev/zero &&
+	test_path_is_dir .git/rebase-apply &&
+	test side1 = "$(cat file2)"
+'
+
+test_expect_success '--no-quiet overrides --quiet' '
+	rm -fr .git/rebase-apply &&
+	git reset --hard &&
+	git checkout first &&
+
+	# Applying side1 will be quiet.
+	test_must_fail git am --quiet side[123].eml >out &&
+	test_path_is_dir .git/rebase-apply &&
+	! test_i18ngrep "^Applying: " out &&
+	echo side1 >file &&
+	git add file &&
+
+	# Applying side1 will not be quiet.
+	# Applying side2 will be quiet.
+	git am --no-quiet --continue >out &&
+	echo "Applying: side1" >expected &&
+	test_i18ncmp expected out
+'
+
+test_expect_success TTY '--reject overrides --no-reject' '
+	rm -fr .git/rebase-apply &&
+	git reset --hard &&
+	git checkout first &&
+	rm -f file.rej &&
+
+	test_must_fail git am --no-reject side1.eml &&
+	test_path_is_dir .git/rebase-apply &&
+	test_path_is_missing file.rej &&
+
+	test_must_fail test_terminal git am --reject </dev/zero &&
+	test_path_is_dir .git/rebase-apply &&
+	test_path_is_file file.rej
+'
+
+test_done