diff --git a/Core/HLE/sceKernelModule.cpp b/Core/HLE/sceKernelModule.cpp
index 63c2d12927..82da25de65 100644
--- a/Core/HLE/sceKernelModule.cpp
+++ b/Core/HLE/sceKernelModule.cpp
@@ -1268,6 +1268,7 @@ static Module *__KernelLoadELFFromPtr(const u8 *ptr, size_t elfSize, u32 loadAdd
 		scan = g_Config.bFuncReplacements;
 #endif
 
+		// If the ELF has debug symbols, don't add entries to the symbol table.
 		bool insertSymbols = scan && !reader.LoadSymbols();
 		std::vector<SectionID> codeSections = reader.GetCodeSections();
 		for (SectionID id : codeSections) {
@@ -1281,7 +1282,7 @@ static Module *__KernelLoadELFFromPtr(const u8 *ptr, size_t elfSize, u32 loadAdd
 				module->textEnd = end;
 
 			if (scan) {
-				MIPSAnalyst::ScanForFunctions(start, end, insertSymbols);
+				insertSymbols = MIPSAnalyst::ScanForFunctions(start, end, insertSymbols);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -1291,14 +1292,14 @@ static Module *__KernelLoadELFFromPtr(const u8 *ptr, size_t elfSize, u32 loadAdd
 			u32 scanEnd = module->textEnd;
 			// Skip the exports and imports sections, they're not code.
 			if (scanEnd >= std::min(modinfo->libent, modinfo->libstub)) {
-				MIPSAnalyst::ScanForFunctions(scanStart, std::min(modinfo->libent, modinfo->libstub) - 4, insertSymbols);
+				insertSymbols = MIPSAnalyst::ScanForFunctions(scanStart, std::min(modinfo->libent, modinfo->libstub) - 4, insertSymbols);
 				scanStart = std::min(modinfo->libentend, modinfo->libstubend);
 			}
 			if (scanEnd >= std::max(modinfo->libent, modinfo->libstub)) {
-				MIPSAnalyst::ScanForFunctions(scanStart, std::max(modinfo->libent, modinfo->libstub) - 4, insertSymbols);
+				insertSymbols = MIPSAnalyst::ScanForFunctions(scanStart, std::max(modinfo->libent, modinfo->libstub) - 4, insertSymbols);
 				scanStart = std::max(modinfo->libentend, modinfo->libstubend);
 			}
-			MIPSAnalyst::ScanForFunctions(scanStart, scanEnd, insertSymbols);
+			insertSymbols = MIPSAnalyst::ScanForFunctions(scanStart, scanEnd, insertSymbols);
 		}
 
 		if (scan) {
diff --git a/Core/MIPS/MIPSAnalyst.cpp b/Core/MIPS/MIPSAnalyst.cpp
index b72120ca06..9a31123fef 100644
--- a/Core/MIPS/MIPSAnalyst.cpp
+++ b/Core/MIPS/MIPSAnalyst.cpp
@@ -1018,7 +1018,7 @@ skip:
 		return furthestJumpbackAddr;
 	}
 
-	void ScanForFunctions(u32 startAddr, u32 endAddr, bool &insertSymbols) {
+	bool ScanForFunctions(u32 startAddr, u32 endAddr, bool insertSymbols) {
 		std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> guard(functions_lock);
 
 		AnalyzedFunction currentFunction = {startAddr};
@@ -1166,6 +1166,8 @@ skip:
 				g_symbolMap->AddFunction(DefaultFunctionName(temp, iter->start), iter->start, iter->end - iter->start + 4);
 			}
 		}
+
+		return insertSymbols;
 	}
 
 	void FinalizeScan(bool insertSymbols) {
diff --git a/Core/MIPS/MIPSAnalyst.h b/Core/MIPS/MIPSAnalyst.h
index 030ff0e95c..746fa26f90 100644
--- a/Core/MIPS/MIPSAnalyst.h
+++ b/Core/MIPS/MIPSAnalyst.h
@@ -105,7 +105,8 @@ namespace MIPSAnalyst
 	// If we have loaded symbols from the elf, we'll register functions as they are touched
 	// so that we don't just dump them all in the cache.
 	void RegisterFunction(u32 startAddr, u32 size, const char *name);
-	void ScanForFunctions(u32 startAddr, u32 endAddr, bool &insertSymbols);
+	// Returns new insertSymbols value for FinalizeScan().
+	bool ScanForFunctions(u32 startAddr, u32 endAddr, bool insertSymbols);
 	void FinalizeScan(bool insertSymbols);
 	void ForgetFunctions(u32 startAddr, u32 endAddr);
 	void PrecompileFunctions();