From dc4ce58248f910ad1ffd2e46587b08e0f7985f1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: refractionpcsx2 <refraction@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2023 02:08:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] VU-JIT: Avoid writeReg stealing loadReg GPR

---
 pcsx2/x86/microVU_IR.h | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pcsx2/x86/microVU_IR.h b/pcsx2/x86/microVU_IR.h
index 62dc354bf9..ae8e74eed4 100644
--- a/pcsx2/x86/microVU_IR.h
+++ b/pcsx2/x86/microVU_IR.h
@@ -1015,6 +1015,9 @@ public:
 				microMapGPR& mapI = gprMap[i];
 				if (mapI.VIreg == viLoadReg)
 				{
+					// Do this first, there is a case where when loadReg != writeReg, the findFreeGPR can steal the loadReg
+					gprMap[i].count = this_counter;
+
 					if (viWriteReg >= 0) // Reg will be modified
 					{
 						if (viLoadReg != viWriteReg)
@@ -1058,7 +1061,7 @@ public:
 						xMOVZX(xRegister32(i), xRegister16(i));
 						gprMap[i].isZeroExtended = true;
 					}
-					gprMap[i].count = this_counter;
+
 					gprMap[i].isNeeded = true;
 
 					if (backup)