diff --git a/GPU/Common/TextureDecoder.cpp b/GPU/Common/TextureDecoder.cpp
index 9e896872fe..b4bf87adfa 100644
--- a/GPU/Common/TextureDecoder.cpp
+++ b/GPU/Common/TextureDecoder.cpp
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ static const u32 textureAlignMask16[16] = {
 
 u32 GetTextureBufw(int level, u32 texaddr, GETextureFormat format) {
 	// This is a hack to allow for us to draw the huge PPGe texture, which is always in kernel ram.
-	if (texaddr < PSP_GetKernelMemoryEnd())
+	if (texaddr >= PSP_GetKernelMemoryBase() && texaddr < PSP_GetKernelMemoryEnd())
 		return gstate.texbufwidth[level] & 0x1FFF;
 
 	u32 bufw = gstate.texbufwidth[level] & textureAlignMask16[format];