diff --git a/bin/GameIndex.yaml b/bin/GameIndex.yaml
index 37613fedf6..d05d8074ad 100644
--- a/bin/GameIndex.yaml
+++ b/bin/GameIndex.yaml
@@ -7667,8 +7667,6 @@ SLES-50358:
   name: "Devil May Cry"
   region: "PAL-M5"
   compat: 5
-  clampModes:
-    vuClampMode: 3  # Fixes out of place polys (COP2).
 SLES-50362:
   name: "Jonny Moseley Mad Trix"
   region: "PAL-E"
@@ -21440,8 +21438,6 @@ SLPM-65038:
   name: "Devil May Cry"
   region: "NTSC-J"
   compat: 5
-  clampModes:
-    vuClampMode: 3  # Fixes out of place polys (COP2).
 SLPM-65039:
   name: "Densha de Go! Shinkansen"
   region: "NTSC-J"
@@ -27445,8 +27441,6 @@ SLPM-67502:
   name: "Devil May Cry"
   region: "NTSC-K"
   compat: 5
-  clampModes:
-    vuClampMode: 3  # Fixes out of place polys (COP2).
 SLPM-67507:
   name: "Onimusha Warlords"
   region: "NTSC-K"
@@ -33051,8 +33045,6 @@ SLUS-20216:
   name: "Devil May Cry"
   region: "NTSC-U"
   compat: 5
-  clampModes:
-    vuClampMode: 3  # Fixes out of place polys (COP2).
   patches:
     79B8A95F:
       content: |-
@@ -40601,8 +40593,6 @@ SLUS-29008:
 SLUS-29009:
   name: "Devil May Cry [Demo]"
   region: "NTSC-U"
-  clampModes:
-    vuClampMode: 3  # Fixes out of place polys (COP2).
 SLUS-29010:
   name: "Crash Bandicoot - The Wrath of Cortex [Demo]"
   region: "NTSC-U"
diff --git a/pcsx2/x86/microVU_Alloc.inl b/pcsx2/x86/microVU_Alloc.inl
index 1dba98bdec..9ce1e4ea12 100644
--- a/pcsx2/x86/microVU_Alloc.inl
+++ b/pcsx2/x86/microVU_Alloc.inl
@@ -114,9 +114,11 @@ __fi void mVUallocCFLAGb(mV, const x32& reg, int fInstance)
 	// On COP2 modifying the CLIP flag we need to update the microVU version for when it's restored on new program
 	if (fInstance == 0xff)
 	{
-		xMOVDZX(xmmT1, reg);
-		xSHUF.PS(xmmT1, xmmT1, 0);
-		xMOVAPS(ptr128[&mVU.regs().micro_clipflags], xmmT1);
+		int t0reg = _allocTempXMMreg(XMMT_INT, -1);
+		xMOVDZX(xRegisterSSE(t0reg), reg);
+		xPSHUF.D(xRegisterSSE(t0reg), xRegisterSSE(t0reg), 0);
+		xMOVDQA(ptr128[&mVU.regs().micro_clipflags], xRegisterSSE(t0reg));
+		_freeXMMreg(t0reg);
 	}
 }