diff --git a/pcsx2-qt/Settings/GraphicsSettingsWidget.cpp b/pcsx2-qt/Settings/GraphicsSettingsWidget.cpp
index c647080bac..865b62802f 100644
--- a/pcsx2-qt/Settings/GraphicsSettingsWidget.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2-qt/Settings/GraphicsSettingsWidget.cpp
@@ -146,7 +146,9 @@ GraphicsSettingsWidget::GraphicsSettingsWidget(SettingsDialog* dialog, QWidget*
 	SettingWidgetBinder::BindWidgetToIntSetting(sif, m_ui.texturePreloading, "EmuCore/GS", "texture_preloading",
 		static_cast<int>(TexturePreloadingLevel::Off));
 
+	connect(m_ui.trilinearFiltering, QOverload<int>::of(&QComboBox::currentIndexChanged), this, &GraphicsSettingsWidget::onTrilinearFilteringChanged);
 	connect(m_ui.gpuPaletteConversion, QOverload<int>::of(&QCheckBox::stateChanged), this, &GraphicsSettingsWidget::onGpuPaletteConversionChanged);
+	onTrilinearFilteringChanged();
 	onGpuPaletteConversionChanged(m_ui.gpuPaletteConversion->checkState());
 
 	//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -290,7 +292,18 @@ void GraphicsSettingsWidget::onFullscreenModeChanged(int index)
 	g_emu_thread->applySettings();
 }
 
-void GraphicsSettingsWidget::onIntegerScalingChanged() { m_ui.bilinearFiltering->setEnabled(!m_ui.integerScaling->isChecked()); }
+void GraphicsSettingsWidget::onIntegerScalingChanged()
+{
+	m_ui.bilinearFiltering->setEnabled(!m_ui.integerScaling->isChecked());
+}
+
+void GraphicsSettingsWidget::onTrilinearFilteringChanged()
+{
+	const bool forced_bilinear =
+		(m_dialog->getEffectiveIntValue("EmuCore/GS", "UserHacks_TriFilter", static_cast<int>(TriFiltering::Automatic))
+			>= static_cast<int>(TriFiltering::Forced));
+	m_ui.textureFiltering->setDisabled(forced_bilinear);
+}
 
 void GraphicsSettingsWidget::onShadeBoostChanged()
 {
diff --git a/pcsx2-qt/Settings/GraphicsSettingsWidget.h b/pcsx2-qt/Settings/GraphicsSettingsWidget.h
index 2bcf6820cc..0026fc0a30 100644
--- a/pcsx2-qt/Settings/GraphicsSettingsWidget.h
+++ b/pcsx2-qt/Settings/GraphicsSettingsWidget.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ private Q_SLOTS:
 	void onAdapterChanged(int index);
 	void onEnableHardwareFixesChanged();
 	void onIntegerScalingChanged();
+	void onTrilinearFilteringChanged();
 	void onGpuPaletteConversionChanged(int state);
 	void onFullscreenModeChanged(int index);
 	void onShadeBoostChanged();
diff --git a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSRendererNew.cpp b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSRendererNew.cpp
index 16ff2e4a7d..5edad8bd7a 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSRendererNew.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSRendererNew.cpp
@@ -1055,8 +1055,12 @@ void GSRendererNew::EmulateTextureSampler(const GSTextureCache::Source* tex)
 	switch (GSConfig.UserHacks_TriFilter)
 	{
 		case TriFiltering::Forced:
-			trilinear = static_cast<u8>(GS_MIN_FILTER::Linear_Mipmap_Linear);
-			trilinear_auto = !need_mipmap || GSConfig.HWMipmap != HWMipmapLevel::Full;
+			{
+				// force bilinear otherwise we can end up with min/mag nearest and mip linear.
+				bilinear = true;
+				trilinear = static_cast<u8>(GS_MIN_FILTER::Linear_Mipmap_Linear);
+				trilinear_auto = !need_mipmap || GSConfig.HWMipmap != HWMipmapLevel::Full;
+			}
 			break;
 
 		case TriFiltering::PS2: