diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/SPUThread.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/SPUThread.cpp
index f929d75e68..4a383a44ce 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/SPUThread.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/SPUThread.cpp
@@ -1724,12 +1724,12 @@ spu_thread::spu_thread(lv2_spu_group* group, u32 index, std::string_view name, u
 
 		if (!group)
 		{
-			ensure(vm::get(vm::spu)->falloc(vm_offset(), SPU_LS_SIZE, &shm));
+			ensure(vm::get(vm::spu)->falloc(vm_offset(), SPU_LS_SIZE, &shm, 0x200));
 		}
 		else
 		{
 			// 0x1000 indicates falloc to allocate page with no access rights in base memory
-			ensure(vm::get(vm::spu)->falloc(vm_offset(), SPU_LS_SIZE, &shm, 0x1000));
+			ensure(vm::get(vm::spu)->falloc(vm_offset(), SPU_LS_SIZE, &shm, 0x1200));
 		}
 
 		// Try to guess free area
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.cpp
index 481801006c..29b3a28920 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.cpp
@@ -1642,7 +1642,7 @@ namespace vm
 				nullptr, // rsx context
 				std::make_shared<block_t>(0xC0000000, 0x10000000, 0x220), // video
 				std::make_shared<block_t>(0xD0000000, 0x10000000, 0x131), // stack
-				std::make_shared<block_t>(0xE0000000, 0x20000000), // SPU reserved
+				std::make_shared<block_t>(0xE0000000, 0x20000000, 0x200), // SPU reserved
 			};
 
 			std::memset(g_reservations, 0, sizeof(g_reservations));
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.h b/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.h
index e27c6e24f9..ca5535f143 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.h
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ namespace vm
 		bool try_alloc(u32 addr, u8 flags, u32 size, std::shared_ptr<utils::shm>&&);
 
 	public:
-		block_t(u32 addr, u32 size, u64 flags = 0);
+		block_t(u32 addr, u32 size, u64 flags);
 
 		~block_t();