ReportDocument.Load slow when database server not available

I'm using Crystal Reports developer version 13.0.16.1954 (service pack 16, latest version at this moment) for Visual Studio 2015.

ReportDocument.Load takes more than one minute when the database server the report is linked to is not available.

This is all code required to reproduce the issue:

Dim rd As New ReportDocument

rd.Load("c:\temp\test.rpt")

Obviously Crystal Reports tries to locate the database server. Is there any way to prevent CR from doing this?