diff --git a/src/core/settings.cpp b/src/core/settings.cpp
index 5a8920401..de350de6f 100644
--- a/src/core/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/core/settings.cpp
@@ -674,6 +674,13 @@ void Settings::FixIncompatibleSettings(bool display_osd_messages)
     g_settings.rewind_enable = false;
   }
 
+  if (g_settings.IsRunaheadEnabled())
+  {
+    // Block linking is good for performance, but hurts when regularly loading (i.e. runahead), since everything has to
+    // be unlinked. Which would be thousands of blocks.
+    g_settings.cpu_recompiler_block_linking = false;
+  }
+
   // if challenge mode is enabled, disable things like rewind since they use save states
   if (Achievements::ChallengeModeActive())
   {