diff --git a/src/core/gpu_hw_texture_cache.cpp b/src/core/gpu_hw_texture_cache.cpp
index a7dd2f2cd..1efc0988d 100644
--- a/src/core/gpu_hw_texture_cache.cpp
+++ b/src/core/gpu_hw_texture_cache.cpp
@@ -544,6 +544,9 @@ ALIGN_TO_CACHE_LINE GPUTextureCacheState s_state;
 
 bool GPUTextureCache::ShouldTrackVRAMWrites()
 {
+  if (!g_settings.gpu_texture_cache)
+    return false;
+
 #ifdef ALWAYS_TRACK_VRAM_WRITES
   return true;
 #else