diff --git a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSRendererHW.cpp b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSRendererHW.cpp
index 7443b869cf..8c58c2f60f 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSRendererHW.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSRendererHW.cpp
@@ -979,8 +979,11 @@ void GSRendererHW::InvalidateLocalMem(const GIFRegBITBLTBUF& BITBLTBUF, const GS
 		break;
 	}
 
-	if(!skip)
-		g_texture_cache->InvalidateLocalMem(m_mem.GetOffset(BITBLTBUF.SBP, BITBLTBUF.SBW, BITBLTBUF.SPSM), r);
+	if (!skip)
+	{
+		const bool recursive_copy = (BITBLTBUF.SBP == BITBLTBUF.DBP) && (m_env.TRXDIR.XDIR == 2);
+		g_texture_cache->InvalidateLocalMem(m_mem.GetOffset(BITBLTBUF.SBP, BITBLTBUF.SBW, BITBLTBUF.SPSM), r, recursive_copy);
+	}
 }
 
 void GSRendererHW::Move()
diff --git a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSTextureCache.cpp b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSTextureCache.cpp
index 36f7097221..f708916fa3 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSTextureCache.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSTextureCache.cpp
@@ -2252,8 +2252,9 @@ void GSTextureCache::InvalidateVideoMem(const GSOffset& off, const GSVector4i& r
 }
 
 // Goal: retrive the data from the GPU to the GS memory.
-// Called each time you want to read from the GS memory
-void GSTextureCache::InvalidateLocalMem(const GSOffset& off, const GSVector4i& r)
+// Called each time you want to read from the GS memory.
+// full_flush is set when it's a Local->Local stransfer and both src and destination are the same.
+void GSTextureCache::InvalidateLocalMem(const GSOffset& off, const GSVector4i& r, bool full_flush)
 {
 	const u32 bp = off.bp();
 	const u32 psm = off.psm();
@@ -2306,7 +2307,7 @@ void GSTextureCache::InvalidateLocalMem(const GSOffset& off, const GSVector4i& r
 				const bool swizzle_match = GSLocalMemory::m_psm[psm].depth == GSLocalMemory::m_psm[t->m_TEX0.PSM].depth;
 				// Calculate the rect offset if the BP doesn't match.
 				GSVector4i targetr = {};
-				if (t->readbacks_since_draw > 1)
+				if (full_flush || t->readbacks_since_draw > 1)
 				{
 					targetr = t->m_drawn_since_read;
 				}
@@ -2440,7 +2441,7 @@ void GSTextureCache::InvalidateLocalMem(const GSOffset& off, const GSVector4i& r
 			const bool swizzle_match = GSLocalMemory::m_psm[psm].depth == GSLocalMemory::m_psm[t->m_TEX0.PSM].depth;
 			// Calculate the rect offset if the BP doesn't match.
 			GSVector4i targetr = {};
-			if (t->readbacks_since_draw > 1)
+			if (full_flush || t->readbacks_since_draw > 1)
 			{
 				targetr = t->m_drawn_since_read;
 			}
diff --git a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSTextureCache.h b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSTextureCache.h
index 76ada32588..2c95a4ead3 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSTextureCache.h
+++ b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/HW/GSTextureCache.h
@@ -464,7 +464,7 @@ public:
 	void InvalidateVideoMemType(int type, u32 bp);
 	void InvalidateVideoMemSubTarget(GSTextureCache::Target* rt);
 	void InvalidateVideoMem(const GSOffset& off, const GSVector4i& r, bool eewrite = false, bool target = true);
-	void InvalidateLocalMem(const GSOffset& off, const GSVector4i& r);
+	void InvalidateLocalMem(const GSOffset& off, const GSVector4i& r, bool full_flush = false);
 
 	/// Removes any targets overlapping the specified BP and rectangle.
 	void InvalidateVideoMemTargets(int type, u32 bp, u32 bw, u32 psm, const GSVector4i& r);