diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUModule.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUModule.cpp
index eeda8bda24..22e8ff9b8d 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUModule.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUModule.cpp
@@ -2231,7 +2231,7 @@ bool ppu_load_exec(const ppu_exec_object& elf, bool virtual_load, const std::str
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (ppc_seg != 0x0 && !ar)
+	if (ppc_seg != 0x0 && !ar && !virtual_load)
 	{
 		if (ppc_seg != 0x1)
 		{