diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_fs.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_fs.cpp
index 4e1817493b..88f2553a7c 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_fs.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_fs.cpp
@@ -447,8 +447,11 @@ lv2_file::lv2_file(utils::serial& ar)
 
 	if (ar.operator bool()) // see lv2_file::save in_mem
 	{
-		std::vector<u8> buf = ar;
 		const fs::stat_t stat = ar;
+
+		std::vector<u8> buf(stat.size);
+		ar(std::span<u8>(buf.data(), buf.size()));
+
 		file = fs::make_stream<std::vector<u8>>(std::move(buf), stat);
 	}
 
@@ -514,6 +517,10 @@ void lv2_file::save(utils::serial& ar)
 
 		sys_fs.error("Saving \'%s\' LV2 file descriptor in memory! (exists=%s, type=%s, flags=0x%x, size=0x%x)", name.data(), fs::is_file(real_path), type, flags, stats.size);
 
+		const usz patch_stats_pos = ar.seek_end();
+
+		ar(stats);
+
 		const usz old_end = ar.pad_from_end(stats.size);
 
 		if (usz read_size = file.read_at(0, &ar.data[old_end], stats.size); read_size != stats.size)
@@ -522,9 +529,8 @@ void lv2_file::save(utils::serial& ar)
 			sys_fs.error("Read less than expected! (new-size=0x%x)", read_size);
 			stats.size = read_size;
 			ar.data.resize(old_end + stats.size);
+			write_to_ptr<fs::stat_t>(&ar.data[patch_stats_pos], stats);
 		}
-
-		ar(stats);
 	}
 
 	ar(file.pos());
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_fs.h b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_fs.h
index 24cee886b8..b838ce8228 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_fs.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_fs.h
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ struct CellFsMountInfo; // Forward Declaration
 struct lv2_fs_mount_info_map
 {
 public:
-	SAVESTATE_INIT_POS(49);
+	SAVESTATE_INIT_POS(40);
 
 	lv2_fs_mount_info_map();
 	lv2_fs_mount_info_map(const lv2_fs_mount_info_map&) = delete;
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ struct lv2_fs_object
 	static constexpr u32 id_step = 1;
 	static constexpr u32 id_count = 255 - id_base;
 	static constexpr bool id_lowest = true;
-	SAVESTATE_INIT_POS(40);
+	SAVESTATE_INIT_POS(49);
 
 	// File Name (max 1055)
 	const std::array<char, 0x420> name;
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/VFS.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/VFS.cpp
index fa94323198..bdcb11d265 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/VFS.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/VFS.cpp
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ struct vfs_manager
 
 	// VFS root
 	vfs_directory root{};
-
-	SAVESTATE_INIT_POS(48);
 };
 
 bool vfs::mount(std::string_view vpath, std::string_view path, bool is_dir)
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/savestate_utils.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/savestate_utils.cpp
index d2ac671cc3..7934892ccf 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/savestate_utils.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/savestate_utils.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static std::array<serial_ver_t, 26> s_serial_versions;
 		return ::s_serial_versions[identifier].current_version;\
 	}
 
-SERIALIZATION_VER(global_version, 0,                            14) // For stuff not listed here
+SERIALIZATION_VER(global_version, 0,                            15) // For stuff not listed here
 SERIALIZATION_VER(ppu, 1,                                       1)
 SERIALIZATION_VER(spu, 2,                                       1)
 SERIALIZATION_VER(lv2_sync, 3,                                  1)