diff --git a/src/core/gpu.h b/src/core/gpu.h
index 0c432fcd3..1b86c6f05 100644
--- a/src/core/gpu.h
+++ b/src/core/gpu.h
@@ -116,7 +116,10 @@ public:
   // DMA access
   void DMARead(u32* words, u32 word_count);
 
-  ALWAYS_INLINE bool BeginDMAWrite() const { return (m_GPUSTAT.dma_direction == DMADirection::CPUtoGP0); }
+  ALWAYS_INLINE bool BeginDMAWrite() const
+  {
+    return (m_GPUSTAT.dma_direction == DMADirection::CPUtoGP0 || m_GPUSTAT.dma_direction == DMADirection::FIFO);
+  }
   ALWAYS_INLINE void DMAWrite(u32 address, u32 value)
   {
     m_fifo.Push((ZeroExtend64(address) << 32) | ZeroExtend64(value));