diff --git a/pcsx2/GS/GSState.cpp b/pcsx2/GS/GSState.cpp
index 83a739189b..4f6523efa4 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GS/GSState.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/GS/GSState.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ GSState::GSState()
 	, m_skip(0)
 	, m_skip_offset(0)
 	, m_q(1.0f)
-	, m_scanmask_used(false)
+	, m_scanmask_used(0)
 	, tex_flushed(true)
 	, m_vt(this, IsFirstProvokingVertex())
 	, m_regs(NULL)
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ void GSState::Reset(bool hardware_reset)
 	m_vertex.tail = 0;
 	m_vertex.next = 0;
 	m_index.tail = 0;
-	m_scanmask_used = false;
+	m_scanmask_used = 0;
 	m_dirty_gs_regs = 0;
 	m_backed_up_ctx = -1;
 
@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ void GSState::GIFRegHandlerSCANMSK(const GIFReg* RESTRICT r)
 	m_env.SCANMSK = (GSVector4i)r->SCANMSK;
 
 	if (m_env.SCANMSK.MSK & 2)
-		m_scanmask_used = true;
+		m_scanmask_used = 2;
 
 	if (m_prev_env.SCANMSK.MSK != m_env.SCANMSK.MSK)
 		m_dirty_gs_regs |= (1 << DIRTY_REG_SCANMSK);
diff --git a/pcsx2/GS/GSState.h b/pcsx2/GS/GSState.h
index ccd34d66ac..3b79171248 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GS/GSState.h
+++ b/pcsx2/GS/GSState.h
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ protected:
 	GSVector4i m_scissor;
 	GSVector4i m_ofxy;
 
-	bool m_scanmask_used;
+	u8 m_scanmask_used;
 	bool tex_flushed;
 
 	struct
diff --git a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/Common/GSRenderer.cpp b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/Common/GSRenderer.cpp
index 8a68214de5..9ff542c8ed 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/Common/GSRenderer.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/GS/Renderers/Common/GSRenderer.cpp
@@ -388,7 +388,8 @@ bool GSRenderer::Merge(int field)
 		}
 	}
 
-	m_scanmask_used = false;
+	if (m_scanmask_used)
+		m_scanmask_used--;
 
 	return true;
 }