diff --git a/src/xenia/kernel/xam/xam_user.cc b/src/xenia/kernel/xam/xam_user.cc
index fbd12af5e..9d49200b2 100644
--- a/src/xenia/kernel/xam/xam_user.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/kernel/xam/xam_user.cc
@@ -286,7 +286,9 @@ dword_result_t XamUserReadProfileSettings(
   }
 
   uint32_t buffer_size = static_cast<uint32_t>(*buffer_size_ptr);
-  *buffer_size_ptr = size_needed;
+  if (buffer_size < size_needed) {
+    *buffer_size_ptr = size_needed;
+  }
 
   if (!buffer_ptr || buffer_size < size_needed) {
     if (overlapped_ptr) {