I have been able to get around it by opening a new window for any page I want to save. In fact, "Open in Background" has become my default choice for almost all links - my mouse-hand is on autopilo!. It is a very annoying buggy-wuggy, but it only bothers me now if I let my new habit lapse. Or if I goof up and have to try again, or forget that I used up my one chance 6 straight clicks ago. Wups.
I did the exit-restart at first, then experimented futher. It's much handier - if it will work for you - to open new windows, since you can go back to the previous page.