diff --git a/src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_emit_control.cc b/src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_emit_control.cc
index 15c990339..4452c55ea 100644
--- a/src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_emit_control.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_emit_control.cc
@@ -423,8 +423,15 @@ int InstrEmit_mcrf(PPCHIRBuilder& f, const InstrData& i) {
 // System linkage (A-24)
 
 int InstrEmit_sc(PPCHIRBuilder& f, const InstrData& i) {
-  f.CallExtern(f.function());
-  return 0;
+  // Game code should only ever use LEV=0.
+  // LEV=2 is to signify 'call import' from Xenia.
+  // TODO(gibbed): syscalls!
+  if (i.SC.LEV == 2) {
+    f.CallExtern(f.function());
+    return 0;
+  }
+  XEINSTRNOTIMPLEMENTED();
+  return 1;
 }
 
 // Trap (A-25)
diff --git a/src/xenia/cpu/xex_module.cc b/src/xenia/cpu/xex_module.cc
index 09cea5143..7208b55b9 100644
--- a/src/xenia/cpu/xex_module.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/cpu/xex_module.cc
@@ -1225,15 +1225,17 @@ bool XexModule::SetupLibraryImports(const char* name,
         //     bctr
         // Real consoles rewrite this with some code that sets r11.
         // If we did that we'd still have to put a thunk somewhere and do the
-        // dynamic lookup. Instead, we rewrite it to use syscalls, as they
-        // aren't used on the 360. CPU backends can either take the syscall
-        // or do something smarter.
-        //     sc
+        // dynamic lookup. Instead, we rewrite it to use syscalls.
+        // We use sc with a LEV operand of 2, which is reserved usage and
+        // should never see actual usage outside of our rewrite.
+        // CPU backends can either take the special form syscall or do
+        // something smarter.
+        //     sc 2
         //     blr
         //     nop
         //     nop
         uint8_t* p = memory()->TranslateVirtual(record_addr);
-        xe::store_and_swap<uint32_t>(p + 0x0, 0x44000002);
+        xe::store_and_swap<uint32_t>(p + 0x0, 0x44000042);
         xe::store_and_swap<uint32_t>(p + 0x4, 0x4E800020);
         xe::store_and_swap<uint32_t>(p + 0x8, 0x60000000);
         xe::store_and_swap<uint32_t>(p + 0xC, 0x60000000);