diff --git a/GPU/Common/TextureDecoder.h b/GPU/Common/TextureDecoder.h
index 84ba1f6878..87efe8ef33 100644
--- a/GPU/Common/TextureDecoder.h
+++ b/GPU/Common/TextureDecoder.h
@@ -204,6 +204,17 @@ inline void DeIndexTexture4Optimal<u16>(u16 *dest, const u8 *indexed, int length
 	}
 }
 
+inline void DeIndexTexture4OptimalRev(u16 *dest, const u8 *indexed, int length, u16 color) {
+	const u16_le *indexed16 = (const u16_le *)indexed;
+	const u32 color32 = (color << 16) | color;
+	u32 *dest32 = (u32 *)dest;
+	for (int i = 0; i < length / 2; i += 2) {
+		u16 index = *indexed16++;
+		dest32[i + 0] = color32 | ((index & 0x00f0) << 24) | ((index & 0x000f) << 12);
+		dest32[i + 1] = color32 | ((index & 0xf000) << 16) | ((index & 0x0f00) <<  4);
+	}
+}
+
 template <typename ClutT>
 inline void DeIndexTexture4(ClutT *dest, const u32 texaddr, int length, const ClutT *clut) {
 	const u8 *indexed = (const u8 *) Memory::GetPointer(texaddr);
diff --git a/GPU/Directx9/TextureCacheDX9.cpp b/GPU/Directx9/TextureCacheDX9.cpp
index 117e878115..a5f5933ddb 100644
--- a/GPU/Directx9/TextureCacheDX9.cpp
+++ b/GPU/Directx9/TextureCacheDX9.cpp
@@ -1451,7 +1451,7 @@ void *TextureCacheDX9::DecodeTextureLevel(GETextureFormat format, GEPaletteForma
 			texByteAlign = 2;
 			if (!swizzled) {
 				if (clutAlphaLinear_ && mipmapShareClut) {
-					DeIndexTexture4Optimal(tmpTexBuf16.data(), texptr, bufw * h, clutAlphaLinearColor_);
+					DeIndexTexture4OptimalRev(tmpTexBuf16.data(), texptr, bufw * h, clutAlphaLinearColor_);
 				} else {
 					DeIndexTexture4(tmpTexBuf16.data(), texptr, bufw * h, clut);
 				}
@@ -1459,7 +1459,7 @@ void *TextureCacheDX9::DecodeTextureLevel(GETextureFormat format, GEPaletteForma
 				tmpTexBuf32.resize(std::max(bufw, w) * h);
 				UnswizzleFromMem(texptr, bufw, h, 0);
 				if (clutAlphaLinear_ && mipmapShareClut) {
-					DeIndexTexture4Optimal(tmpTexBuf16.data(), (const u8 *)tmpTexBuf32.data(), bufw * h, clutAlphaLinearColor_);
+					DeIndexTexture4OptimalRev(tmpTexBuf16.data(), (const u8 *)tmpTexBuf32.data(), bufw * h, clutAlphaLinearColor_);
 				} else {
 					DeIndexTexture4(tmpTexBuf16.data(), (const u8 *)tmpTexBuf32.data(), bufw * h, clut);
 				}