diff --git a/GPU/Directx9/FramebufferDX9.cpp b/GPU/Directx9/FramebufferDX9.cpp
index 1039fc23f7..13059eee21 100644
--- a/GPU/Directx9/FramebufferDX9.cpp
+++ b/GPU/Directx9/FramebufferDX9.cpp
@@ -549,6 +549,10 @@ namespace DX9 {
 	}
 
 	void FramebufferManagerDX9::BlitFramebufferDepth(VirtualFramebuffer *src, VirtualFramebuffer *dst) {
+		if (g_Config.bDisableSlowFramebufEffects) {
+			return;
+		}
+
 		bool matchingDepthBuffer = src->z_address == dst->z_address && src->z_stride != 0 && dst->z_stride != 0;
 		bool matchingSize = src->width == dst->width && src->height == dst->height;
 		if (matchingDepthBuffer && matchingSize) {
diff --git a/GPU/GLES/Framebuffer.cpp b/GPU/GLES/Framebuffer.cpp
index b2421aff8c..8999e513f0 100644
--- a/GPU/GLES/Framebuffer.cpp
+++ b/GPU/GLES/Framebuffer.cpp
@@ -773,6 +773,10 @@ void FramebufferManager::ReformatFramebufferFrom(VirtualFramebuffer *vfb, GEBuff
 }
 
 void FramebufferManager::BlitFramebufferDepth(VirtualFramebuffer *src, VirtualFramebuffer *dst) {
+	if (g_Config.bDisableSlowFramebufEffects) {
+		return;
+	}
+
 	bool matchingDepthBuffer = src->z_address == dst->z_address && src->z_stride != 0 && dst->z_stride != 0;
 	bool matchingSize = src->width == dst->width && src->height == dst->height;
 	if (matchingDepthBuffer && matchingSize) {