diff --git a/Utilities/GDBDebugServer.cpp b/Utilities/GDBDebugServer.cpp
index 44f2791349..1ae3bb7dac 100644
--- a/Utilities/GDBDebugServer.cpp
+++ b/Utilities/GDBDebugServer.cpp
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ bool GDBDebugServer::cmd_write_memory(gdb_cmd & cmd)
 	u32 len = hex_to_u32(cmd.data.substr(s + 1, s2 - s - 1));
 	const char* data_ptr = (cmd.data.c_str()) + s2 + 1;
 	for (u32 i = 0; i < len; ++i) {
-		if (vm::check_addr(addr + i, 1, vm::page_allocated | vm::page_writable)) {
+		if (vm::check_addr(addr + i, 1, vm::page_writable)) {
 			u8 val;
 			int res = sscanf_s(data_ptr, "%02hhX", &val);
 			if (!res) {
diff --git a/Utilities/Thread.cpp b/Utilities/Thread.cpp
index 24d4997e1d..68b407abd8 100644
--- a/Utilities/Thread.cpp
+++ b/Utilities/Thread.cpp
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ bool handle_access_violation(u32 addr, bool is_writing, x64_context* context)
 		return true;
 	}
 
-	if (vm::check_addr(addr, std::max<std::size_t>(1, d_size), vm::page_allocated | (is_writing ? vm::page_writable : vm::page_readable)))
+	if (vm::check_addr(addr, std::max<std::size_t>(1, d_size), is_writing ? vm::page_writable : vm::page_readable))
 	{
 		if (cpu && cpu->test_stopped())
 		{
@@ -1328,12 +1328,12 @@ bool handle_access_violation(u32 addr, bool is_writing, x64_context* context)
 			u64 data3;
 			{
 				vm::reader_lock rlock;
-				if (vm::check_addr(addr, std::max<std::size_t>(1, d_size), vm::page_allocated | (is_writing ? vm::page_writable : vm::page_readable)))
+				if (vm::check_addr(addr, std::max<std::size_t>(1, d_size), is_writing ? vm::page_writable : vm::page_readable))
 				{
 					// Memory was allocated inbetween, retry
 					return true;
 				}
-				else if (vm::check_addr(addr, std::max<std::size_t>(1, d_size), vm::page_allocated | vm::page_readable))
+				else if (vm::check_addr(addr, std::max<std::size_t>(1, d_size)))
 				{
 					data3 = SYS_MEMORY_PAGE_FAULT_CAUSE_READ_ONLY; // TODO
 				}
@@ -2086,7 +2086,7 @@ u64 thread_ctrl::get_affinity_mask(thread_class group)
 				else
 				{
 					// zen(+)
-					// Ryzen 7, Threadripper 
+					// Ryzen 7, Threadripper
 					// Assign threads 3-16
 					ppu_mask = 0b1111111100000000;
 					spu_mask = ppu_mask;
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.cpp
index 17202ada6a..31c9d621a2 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.cpp
@@ -501,12 +501,12 @@ std::string ppu_thread::dump() const
 	u32 stack_min = stack_ptr & ~0xfff;
 	u32 stack_max = stack_min + 4096;
 
-	while (stack_min && vm::check_addr(stack_min - 4096, 4096, vm::page_allocated | vm::page_writable))
+	while (stack_min && vm::check_addr(stack_min - 4096, 4096, vm::page_writable))
 	{
 		stack_min -= 4096;
 	}
 
-	while (stack_max + 4096 && vm::check_addr(stack_max, 4096, vm::page_allocated | vm::page_writable))
+	while (stack_max + 4096 && vm::check_addr(stack_max, 4096, vm::page_writable))
 	{
 		stack_max += 4096;
 	}
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_gpio.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_gpio.cpp
index b03abbcb8c..29ec805787 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_gpio.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_gpio.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ error_code sys_gpio_get(u64 device_id, vm::ptr<u64> value)
 		return CELL_ESRCH;
 	}
 
-	if (!vm::check_addr(value.addr(), sizeof(u64), vm::page_allocated | vm::page_writable))
+	if (!vm::check_addr(value.addr(), sizeof(u64), vm::page_writable))
 	{
 		return CELL_EFAULT;
 	}
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_rsx.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_rsx.cpp
index ce71dfd2b9..d3c30179c5 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_rsx.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_rsx.cpp
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ error_code sys_rsx_context_iomap(u32 context_id, u32 io, u32 ea, u32 size, u64 f
 
 	for (u32 addr = ea, end = ea + size; addr < end; addr += 0x100000)
 	{
-		if (!vm::check_addr(addr, 1, vm::page_allocated | vm::page_readable | (addr < 0x20000000 ? 0 : vm::page_1m_size)))
+		if (!vm::check_addr(addr, 1, vm::page_readable | (addr < 0x20000000 ? 0 : vm::page_1m_size)))
 		{
 			return CELL_EINVAL;
 		}
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.cpp
index 4402dea37f..d5f3025aad 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.cpp
@@ -528,6 +528,9 @@ namespace vm
 			return false;
 		}
 
+		// Always check this flag
+		flags |= page_allocated;
+
 		for (u32 i = addr / 4096, max = (addr + size - 1) / 4096; i <= max; i++)
 		{
 			if (UNLIKELY((g_pages[i].flags & flags) != flags))
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.h b/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.h
index eee8d564ad..381fd6139c 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ namespace vm
 	bool page_protect(u32 addr, u32 size, u8 flags_test = 0, u8 flags_set = 0, u8 flags_clear = 0);
 
 	// Check flags for specified memory range (unsafe)
-	bool check_addr(u32 addr, u32 size = 1, u8 flags = page_allocated | page_readable);
+	bool check_addr(u32 addr, u32 size = 1, u8 flags = page_readable);
 
 	// Search and map memory in specified memory location (min alignment is 0x10000)
 	u32 alloc(u32 size, memory_location_t location, u32 align = 0x10000);