diff --git a/file.c b/file.c
index afb1b22f88..f74bbea6b8 100644
--- a/file.c
+++ b/file.c
@@ -424,8 +424,15 @@ void load_ram_file(const char *path, int type)
 
    void *buf = NULL;
    ssize_t rc = read_file(path, &buf);
-   if (rc > 0 && rc <= (ssize_t)size)
+   if (rc > 0)
+   {
+      if (rc > (ssize_t)size)
+      {
+         RARCH_WARN("SRAM is larger than implementation expects, doing partial load.\n");
+         rc = size;
+      }
       memcpy(data, buf, rc);
+   }
 
    free(buf);
 }