diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/State.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/State.cpp
index fe20d74ea4..f9964c0fa8 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/State.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/State.cpp
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static size_t s_state_writes_in_queue;
 static std::condition_variable s_state_write_queue_is_empty;
 
 // Don't forget to increase this after doing changes on the savestate system
-constexpr u32 STATE_VERSION = 168;  // Last changed in PR 12639
+constexpr u32 STATE_VERSION = 169;  // Last changed in PR 13074
 
 // Increase this if the StateExtendedHeader definition changes
 constexpr u32 EXTENDED_HEADER_VERSION = 1;  // Last changed in PR 12217
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/SWVertexLoader.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/SWVertexLoader.cpp
index cfb05d096b..2e6e748a38 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/SWVertexLoader.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoBackends/Software/SWVertexLoader.cpp
@@ -81,9 +81,7 @@ void SWVertexLoader::DrawCurrentBatch(u32 base_index, u32 num_indices, u32 base_
     // transform this vertex so that it can be used for rasterization (outVertex)
     OutputVertexData* outVertex = m_setup_unit.GetVertex();
     TransformUnit::TransformPosition(&m_vertex, outVertex);
-    outVertex->normal = {};
-    if (VertexLoaderManager::g_current_components & VB_HAS_NORMAL)
-      TransformUnit::TransformNormal(&m_vertex, outVertex);
+    TransformUnit::TransformNormal(&m_vertex, outVertex);
     TransformUnit::TransformColor(&m_vertex, outVertex);
     TransformUnit::TransformTexCoord(&m_vertex, outVertex);
 
@@ -209,6 +207,14 @@ void SWVertexLoader::ParseVertex(const PortableVertexDeclaration& vdec, int inde
   {
     ReadVertexAttribute<float>(&m_vertex.normal[i][0], src, vdec.normals[i], 0, 3, false);
   }
+  if (!vdec.normals[0].enable)
+  {
+    auto& system = Core::System::GetInstance();
+    auto& vertex_shader_manager = system.GetVertexShaderManager();
+    m_vertex.normal[0][0] = vertex_shader_manager.constants.cached_normal[0];
+    m_vertex.normal[0][1] = vertex_shader_manager.constants.cached_normal[1];
+    m_vertex.normal[0][2] = vertex_shader_manager.constants.cached_normal[2];
+  }
   if (!vdec.normals[1].enable)
   {
     auto& system = Core::System::GetInstance();
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/ConstantManager.h b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/ConstantManager.h
index b8c65aaefb..14c8732580 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/ConstantManager.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/ConstantManager.h
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ struct alignas(16) VertexShaderConstants
   // .x - texMtxInfo, .y - postMtxInfo, [0..1].z = color, [0..1].w = alpha
   std::array<uint4, 8> xfmem_pack1;
 
+  float4 cached_normal;
   float4 cached_tangent;
   float4 cached_binormal;
   // For UberShader vertex loader
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/ShaderGenCommon.h b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/ShaderGenCommon.h
index 6ec00331e6..4723cbfc79 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/ShaderGenCommon.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/ShaderGenCommon.h
@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ void WriteSwitch(ShaderCode& out, APIType ApiType, std::string_view variable,
 #define I_POSTTRANSFORMMATRICES "cpostmtx"
 #define I_PIXELCENTERCORRECTION "cpixelcenter"
 #define I_VIEWPORT_SIZE "cviewport"
+#define I_CACHED_NORMAL "cnormal"
 #define I_CACHED_TANGENT "ctangent"
 #define I_CACHED_BINORMAL "cbinormal"
 
@@ -306,6 +307,7 @@ static const char s_shader_uniforms[] = "\tuint    components;\n"
                                         "\tfloat4 " I_PIXELCENTERCORRECTION ";\n"
                                         "\tfloat2 " I_VIEWPORT_SIZE ";\n"
                                         "\tuint4   xfmem_pack1[8];\n"
+                                        "\tfloat4 " I_CACHED_NORMAL ";\n"
                                         "\tfloat4 " I_CACHED_TANGENT ";\n"
                                         "\tfloat4 " I_CACHED_BINORMAL ";\n"
                                         "\tuint vertex_stride;\n"
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/UberShaderVertex.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/UberShaderVertex.cpp
index eceda62e48..a6c0502dfe 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/UberShaderVertex.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/UberShaderVertex.cpp
@@ -251,47 +251,53 @@ float3 load_input_float3_rawtex(uint vtx_offset, uint attr_offset) {{
             "o.pos = float4(dot(" I_PROJECTION "[0], pos), dot(" I_PROJECTION
             "[1], pos), dot(" I_PROJECTION "[2], pos), dot(" I_PROJECTION "[3], pos));\n"
             "\n"
+            "float3 _rawnormal;\n"
+            "float3 _rawtangent;\n"
+            "float3 _rawbinormal;\n"
+            "if ((components & {}u) != 0u) // VB_HAS_NORMAL\n"
+            "{{\n",
+            Common::ToUnderlying(VB_HAS_NORMAL));
+  LoadVertexAttribute(out, host_config, 2, "rawnormal", "float3", "float3");
+  out.Write("  _rawnormal = rawnormal;\n"
+            "}}\n"
+            "else\n"
+            "{{\n"
+            "  _rawnormal = " I_CACHED_NORMAL ".xyz;\n"
+            "}}\n"
+            "\n"
+            "if ((components & {}u) != 0u) // VB_HAS_TANGENT\n"
+            "{{\n",
+            Common::ToUnderlying(VB_HAS_TANGENT));
+  LoadVertexAttribute(out, host_config, 2, "rawtangent", "float3", "float3");
+  out.Write("  _rawtangent = rawtangent;\n"
+            "}}\n"
+            "else\n"
+            "{{\n"
+            "  _rawtangent = " I_CACHED_TANGENT ".xyz;\n"
+            "}}\n"
+            "\n"
+            "if ((components & {}u) != 0u) // VB_HAS_BINORMAL\n"
+            "{{\n",
+            Common::ToUnderlying(VB_HAS_BINORMAL));
+  LoadVertexAttribute(out, host_config, 2, "rawbinormal", "float3", "float3");
+  out.Write("  _rawbinormal = rawbinormal;\n"
+            "}}\n"
+            "else\n"
+            "{{\n"
+            "  _rawbinormal = " I_CACHED_BINORMAL ".xyz;\n"
+            "}}\n"
+            "\n"
             "// The scale of the transform matrix is used to control the size of the emboss map\n"
             "// effect by changing the scale of the transformed binormals (which only get used by\n"
             "// emboss map texgens). By normalising the first transformed normal (which is used\n"
             "// by lighting calculations and needs to be unit length), the same transform matrix\n"
             "// can do double duty, scaling for emboss mapping, and not scaling for lighting.\n"
-            "float3 _normal = float3(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);\n"
-            "if ((components & {}u) != 0u) // VB_HAS_NORMAL\n"
-            "{{\n",
-            Common::ToUnderlying(VB_HAS_NORMAL));
-  LoadVertexAttribute(out, host_config, 2, "rawnormal", "float3", "float3");
-  out.Write("  _normal = normalize(float3(dot(N0, rawnormal), dot(N1, rawnormal), dot(N2, "
-            "rawnormal)));\n"
-            "}}\n"
-            "\n"
-            "float3 _tangent = float3(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);\n"
-            "if ((components & {}u) != 0u) // VB_HAS_TANGENT\n"
-            "{{\n",
-            Common::ToUnderlying(VB_HAS_TANGENT));
-  LoadVertexAttribute(out, host_config, 2, "rawtangent", "float3", "float3");
-  out.Write("  _tangent = float3(dot(N0, rawtangent), dot(N1, rawtangent), dot(N2, rawtangent));\n"
-            "}}\n"
-            "else\n"
-            "{{\n"
-            "  _tangent = float3(dot(N0, " I_CACHED_TANGENT ".xyz), dot(N1, " I_CACHED_TANGENT
-            ".xyz), dot(N2, " I_CACHED_TANGENT ".xyz));\n"
-            "}}\n"
-            "\n"
-            "float3 _binormal = float3(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);\n"
-            "if ((components & {}u) != 0u) // VB_HAS_BINORMAL\n"
-            "{{\n",
-            Common::ToUnderlying(VB_HAS_BINORMAL));
-  LoadVertexAttribute(out, host_config, 2, "rawbinormal", "float3", "float3");
-  out.Write("  _binormal = float3(dot(N0, rawbinormal), dot(N1, rawbinormal), dot(N2, "
-            "rawbinormal));\n"
-            "}}\n"
-            "else\n"
-            "{{\n"
-            "  _binormal = float3(dot(N0, " I_CACHED_BINORMAL ".xyz), dot(N1, " I_CACHED_BINORMAL
-            ".xyz), dot(N2, " I_CACHED_BINORMAL ".xyz));\n"
-            "}}\n"
-            "\n");
+            "float3 _normal = normalize(float3(dot(N0, _rawnormal), dot(N1, _rawnormal), dot(N2, "
+            "_rawnormal)));\n"
+            "float3 _tangent = float3(dot(N0, _rawtangent), dot(N1, _rawtangent), dot(N2, "
+            "_rawtangent));\n"
+            "float3 _binormal = float3(dot(N0, _rawbinormal), dot(N1, _rawbinormal), dot(N2, "
+            "_rawbinormal));\n");
 
   // Hardware Lighting
   out.Write("// xfmem.numColorChans controls the number of color channels available to TEV,\n"
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderARM64.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderARM64.cpp
index 9fd8c0c29c..9e0075f9a2 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderARM64.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderARM64.cpp
@@ -164,6 +164,13 @@ void VertexLoaderARM64::ReadVertex(VertexComponentFormat attribute, ComponentFor
     m_float_emit.STR(128, coords, EncodeRegTo64(scratch2_reg), ArithOption(remaining_reg, true));
     SetJumpTarget(dont_store);
   }
+  else if (native_format == &m_native_vtx_decl.normals[0])
+  {
+    FixupBranch dont_store = CBNZ(remaining_reg);
+    MOVP2R(EncodeRegTo64(scratch2_reg), VertexLoaderManager::normal_cache.data());
+    m_float_emit.STR(128, IndexType::Unsigned, coords, EncodeRegTo64(scratch2_reg), 0);
+    SetJumpTarget(dont_store);
+  }
   else if (native_format == &m_native_vtx_decl.normals[1])
   {
     FixupBranch dont_store = CBNZ(remaining_reg);
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderBase.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderBase.cpp
index 3284a2ccdb..a3597b53e5 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderBase.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderBase.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ public:
         VertexLoaderManager::position_matrix_index_cache;
     const std::array<std::array<float, 4>, 3> old_position_cache =
         VertexLoaderManager::position_cache;
+    const std::array<float, 4> old_normal_cache = VertexLoaderManager::normal_cache;
     const std::array<float, 4> old_tangent_cache = VertexLoaderManager::tangent_cache;
     const std::array<float, 4> old_binormal_cache = VertexLoaderManager::binormal_cache;
 
@@ -77,12 +78,14 @@ public:
         VertexLoaderManager::position_matrix_index_cache;
     const std::array<std::array<float, 4>, 3> a_position_cache =
         VertexLoaderManager::position_cache;
+    const std::array<float, 4> a_normal_cache = VertexLoaderManager::normal_cache;
     const std::array<float, 4> a_tangent_cache = VertexLoaderManager::tangent_cache;
     const std::array<float, 4> a_binormal_cache = VertexLoaderManager::binormal_cache;
 
     // Reset state before running b
     VertexLoaderManager::position_matrix_index_cache = old_position_matrix_index_cache;
     VertexLoaderManager::position_cache = old_position_cache;
+    VertexLoaderManager::normal_cache = old_normal_cache;
     VertexLoaderManager::tangent_cache = old_tangent_cache;
     VertexLoaderManager::binormal_cache = old_binormal_cache;
 
@@ -92,6 +95,7 @@ public:
         VertexLoaderManager::position_matrix_index_cache;
     const std::array<std::array<float, 4>, 3> b_position_cache =
         VertexLoaderManager::position_cache;
+    const std::array<float, 4> b_normal_cache = VertexLoaderManager::normal_cache;
     const std::array<float, 4> b_tangent_cache = VertexLoaderManager::tangent_cache;
     const std::array<float, 4> b_binormal_cache = VertexLoaderManager::binormal_cache;
 
@@ -140,6 +144,12 @@ public:
                fmt::join(b_position_cache[1], ", "), fmt::join(b_position_cache[2], ", "));
 
     // The last element is allowed to be garbage for SIMD overwrites
+    ASSERT_MSG(VIDEO,
+               std::equal(a_normal_cache.begin(), a_normal_cache.begin() + 3,
+                          b_normal_cache.begin(), b_normal_cache.begin() + 3, bit_equal),
+               "Expected matching normal caches after loading (a: {}; b: {})",
+               fmt::join(a_normal_cache, ", "), fmt::join(b_normal_cache, ", "));
+
     ASSERT_MSG(VIDEO,
                std::equal(a_tangent_cache.begin(), a_tangent_cache.begin() + 3,
                           b_tangent_cache.begin(), b_tangent_cache.begin() + 3, bit_equal),
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderManager.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderManager.cpp
index 0c48bf32a8..4ef11a1283 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderManager.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderManager.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ namespace VertexLoaderManager
 std::array<u32, 3> position_matrix_index_cache;
 // 3 vertices, 4 floats each to allow SIMD overwrite
 alignas(sizeof(std::array<float, 4>)) std::array<std::array<float, 4>, 3> position_cache;
+alignas(sizeof(std::array<float, 4>)) std::array<float, 4> normal_cache;
 alignas(sizeof(std::array<float, 4>)) std::array<float, 4> tangent_cache;
 alignas(sizeof(std::array<float, 4>)) std::array<float, 4> binormal_cache;
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderManager.h b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderManager.h
index ce8b6a22d1..0e1caa6fa1 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderManager.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderManager.h
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ void UpdateVertexArrayPointers();
 // These arrays are in reverse order.
 extern std::array<std::array<float, 4>, 3> position_cache;
 extern std::array<u32, 3> position_matrix_index_cache;
+// Needed for the game "LIT", which has text that has lighting enabled, but doesn't have normal
+// vectors.  The normals from the last drawn object are used instead.
+// See https://bugs.dolphin-emu.org/issues/13635
+extern std::array<float, 4> normal_cache;
 // Store the tangent and binormal vectors for games that use emboss texgens when the vertex format
 // doesn't include them (e.g. RS2 and RS3).  These too are 4 floats each for SIMD overwrites.
 extern std::array<float, 4> tangent_cache;
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderX64.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderX64.cpp
index 9934570b55..aa8ad2bd67 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderX64.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderX64.cpp
@@ -137,6 +137,14 @@ void VertexLoaderX64::ReadVertex(OpArg data, VertexComponentFormat attribute,
       MOVUPS(MPIC(VertexLoaderManager::position_cache.data(), scratch3, SCALE_4), coords);
       SetJumpTarget(dont_store);
     }
+    else if (native_format == &m_native_vtx_decl.normals[0])
+    {
+      TEST(32, R(remaining_reg), R(remaining_reg));
+      FixupBranch dont_store = J_CC(CC_NZ);
+      // For similar reasons, the cached normal is 4 floats each
+      MOVUPS(MPIC(VertexLoaderManager::normal_cache.data()), coords);
+      SetJumpTarget(dont_store);
+    }
     else if (native_format == &m_native_vtx_decl.normals[1])
     {
       TEST(32, R(remaining_reg), R(remaining_reg));
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoader_Normal.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoader_Normal.cpp
index b91c7fe127..50e0dbbd63 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoader_Normal.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexLoader_Normal.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ void ReadIndirect(VertexLoader* loader, const T* data)
     const float value = FracAdjust(Common::FromBigEndian(data[i]));
     if (loader->m_remaining == 0)
     {
-      if (i >= 3 && i < 6)
+      if (i < 3)
+        VertexLoaderManager::normal_cache[i] = value;
+      else if (i >= 3 && i < 6)
         VertexLoaderManager::tangent_cache[i - 3] = value;
       else if (i >= 6 && i < 9)
         VertexLoaderManager::binormal_cache[i - 6] = value;
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexManagerBase.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexManagerBase.cpp
index 02edb56d35..0e69c4fdd0 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexManagerBase.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexManagerBase.cpp
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ void VertexManagerBase::Flush()
     pixel_shader_manager.constants.time_ms = seconds_elapsed * 1000;
   }
 
-  CalculateBinormals(VertexLoaderManager::GetCurrentVertexFormat());
+  CalculateNormals(VertexLoaderManager::GetCurrentVertexFormat());
   // Calculate ZSlope for zfreeze
   const auto used_textures = UsedTextures();
   std::vector<std::string> texture_names;
@@ -699,6 +699,7 @@ void VertexManagerBase::DoState(PointerWrap& p)
   }
 
   p.Do(m_zslope);
+  p.Do(VertexLoaderManager::normal_cache);
   p.Do(VertexLoaderManager::tangent_cache);
   p.Do(VertexLoaderManager::binormal_cache);
 }
@@ -769,7 +770,7 @@ void VertexManagerBase::CalculateZSlope(NativeVertexFormat* format)
   m_zslope.dirty = true;
 }
 
-void VertexManagerBase::CalculateBinormals(NativeVertexFormat* format)
+void VertexManagerBase::CalculateNormals(NativeVertexFormat* format)
 {
   const PortableVertexDeclaration vert_decl = format->GetVertexDeclaration();
 
@@ -794,6 +795,16 @@ void VertexManagerBase::CalculateBinormals(NativeVertexFormat* format)
     vertex_shader_manager.constants.cached_binormal = VertexLoaderManager::binormal_cache;
     vertex_shader_manager.dirty = true;
   }
+
+  if (vert_decl.normals[0].enable)
+    return;
+
+  VertexLoaderManager::normal_cache[3] = 0;
+  if (vertex_shader_manager.constants.cached_normal != VertexLoaderManager::normal_cache)
+  {
+    vertex_shader_manager.constants.cached_normal = VertexLoaderManager::normal_cache;
+    vertex_shader_manager.dirty = true;
+  }
 }
 
 void VertexManagerBase::UpdatePipelineConfig()
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexManagerBase.h b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexManagerBase.h
index 648e26be59..715dbee692 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexManagerBase.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexManagerBase.h
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ protected:
   u32 GetRemainingIndices(OpcodeDecoder::Primitive primitive) const;
 
   void CalculateZSlope(NativeVertexFormat* format);
-  void CalculateBinormals(NativeVertexFormat* format);
+  void CalculateNormals(NativeVertexFormat* format);
 
   BitSet32 UsedTextures() const;
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexShaderGen.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexShaderGen.cpp
index 9f854f2d9e..4a46834c14 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexShaderGen.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VertexShaderGen.cpp
@@ -312,56 +312,43 @@ ShaderCode GenerateVertexShaderCode(APIType api_type, const ShaderHostConfig& ho
     out.Write("int posidx = int(posmtx.r);\n"
               "float4 P0 = " I_TRANSFORMMATRICES "[posidx];\n"
               "float4 P1 = " I_TRANSFORMMATRICES "[posidx + 1];\n"
-              "float4 P2 = " I_TRANSFORMMATRICES "[posidx + 2];\n");
-    if ((uid_data->components & VB_HAS_NORMAL) != 0)
-    {
-      out.Write("int normidx = posidx & 31;\n"
-                "float3 N0 = " I_NORMALMATRICES "[normidx].xyz;\n"
-                "float3 N1 = " I_NORMALMATRICES "[normidx + 1].xyz;\n"
-                "float3 N2 = " I_NORMALMATRICES "[normidx + 2].xyz;\n");
-    }
+              "float4 P2 = " I_TRANSFORMMATRICES "[posidx + 2];\n"
+              "int normidx = posidx & 31;\n"
+              "float3 N0 = " I_NORMALMATRICES "[normidx].xyz;\n"
+              "float3 N1 = " I_NORMALMATRICES "[normidx + 1].xyz;\n"
+              "float3 N2 = " I_NORMALMATRICES "[normidx + 2].xyz;\n");
   }
   else
   {
     // One shared matrix
     out.Write("float4 P0 = " I_POSNORMALMATRIX "[0];\n"
               "float4 P1 = " I_POSNORMALMATRIX "[1];\n"
-              "float4 P2 = " I_POSNORMALMATRIX "[2];\n");
-    if ((uid_data->components & VB_HAS_NORMAL) != 0)
-    {
-      out.Write("float3 N0 = " I_POSNORMALMATRIX "[3].xyz;\n"
-                "float3 N1 = " I_POSNORMALMATRIX "[4].xyz;\n"
-                "float3 N2 = " I_POSNORMALMATRIX "[5].xyz;\n");
-    }
+              "float4 P2 = " I_POSNORMALMATRIX "[2];\n"
+              "float3 N0 = " I_POSNORMALMATRIX "[3].xyz;\n"
+              "float3 N1 = " I_POSNORMALMATRIX "[4].xyz;\n"
+              "float3 N2 = " I_POSNORMALMATRIX "[5].xyz;\n");
   }
 
   out.Write("// Multiply the position vector by the position matrix\n"
             "float4 pos = float4(dot(P0, rawpos), dot(P1, rawpos), dot(P2, rawpos), 1.0);\n");
-  if ((uid_data->components & VB_HAS_NORMAL) != 0)
-  {
-    if ((uid_data->components & VB_HAS_TANGENT) == 0)
-      out.Write("float3 rawtangent = " I_CACHED_TANGENT ".xyz;\n");
-    if ((uid_data->components & VB_HAS_BINORMAL) == 0)
-      out.Write("float3 rawbinormal = " I_CACHED_BINORMAL ".xyz;\n");
+  if ((uid_data->components & VB_HAS_NORMAL) == 0)
+    out.Write("float3 rawnormal = " I_CACHED_NORMAL ".xyz;\n");
+  if ((uid_data->components & VB_HAS_TANGENT) == 0)
+    out.Write("float3 rawtangent = " I_CACHED_TANGENT ".xyz;\n");
+  if ((uid_data->components & VB_HAS_BINORMAL) == 0)
+    out.Write("float3 rawbinormal = " I_CACHED_BINORMAL ".xyz;\n");
 
-    // The scale of the transform matrix is used to control the size of the emboss map effect, by
-    // changing the scale of the transformed binormals (which only get used by emboss map texgens).
-    // By normalising the first transformed normal (which is used by lighting calculations and needs
-    // to be unit length), the same transform matrix can do double duty, scaling for emboss mapping,
-    // and not scaling for lighting.
-    out.Write("float3 _normal = normalize(float3(dot(N0, rawnormal), dot(N1, rawnormal), dot(N2, "
-              "rawnormal)));\n"
-              "float3 _tangent = float3(dot(N0, rawtangent), dot(N1, rawtangent), dot(N2, "
-              "rawtangent));\n"
-              "float3 _binormal = float3(dot(N0, rawbinormal), dot(N1, rawbinormal), dot(N2, "
-              "rawbinormal));\n");
-  }
-  else
-  {
-    out.Write("float3 _normal = float3(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);\n");
-    out.Write("float3 _binormal = float3(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);\n");
-    out.Write("float3 _tangent = float3(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);\n");
-  }
+  // The scale of the transform matrix is used to control the size of the emboss map effect, by
+  // changing the scale of the transformed binormals (which only get used by emboss map texgens).
+  // By normalising the first transformed normal (which is used by lighting calculations and needs
+  // to be unit length), the same transform matrix can do double duty, scaling for emboss mapping,
+  // and not scaling for lighting.
+  out.Write("float3 _normal = normalize(float3(dot(N0, rawnormal), dot(N1, rawnormal), dot(N2, "
+            "rawnormal)));\n"
+            "float3 _tangent = float3(dot(N0, rawtangent), dot(N1, rawtangent), dot(N2, "
+            "rawtangent));\n"
+            "float3 _binormal = float3(dot(N0, rawbinormal), dot(N1, rawbinormal), dot(N2, "
+            "rawbinormal));\n");
 
   out.Write("o.pos = float4(dot(" I_PROJECTION "[0], pos), dot(" I_PROJECTION
             "[1], pos), dot(" I_PROJECTION "[2], pos), dot(" I_PROJECTION "[3], pos));\n");
diff --git a/Source/UnitTests/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderTest.cpp b/Source/UnitTests/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderTest.cpp
index 83b1f813da..675be35355 100644
--- a/Source/UnitTests/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderTest.cpp
+++ b/Source/UnitTests/VideoCommon/VertexLoaderTest.cpp
@@ -702,6 +702,7 @@ TEST_P(VertexLoaderNormalTest, NormalAll)
     input_with_expected_type(i / 32.f);
 
   // Pre-fill these values to detect if they're modified
+  VertexLoaderManager::normal_cache = {-42.f, -43.f, -44.f, -45.f};
   VertexLoaderManager::binormal_cache = {42.f, 43.f, 44.f, 45.f};
   VertexLoaderManager::tangent_cache = {46.f, 47.f, 48.f, 49.f};
 
@@ -738,6 +739,9 @@ TEST_P(VertexLoaderNormalTest, NormalAll)
     ExpectOut(10 / 32.f);
     ExpectOut(11 / 32.f);
     ExpectOut(12 / 32.f);
+    EXPECT_EQ(VertexLoaderManager::normal_cache[0], 10 / 32.f);
+    EXPECT_EQ(VertexLoaderManager::normal_cache[1], 11 / 32.f);
+    EXPECT_EQ(VertexLoaderManager::normal_cache[2], 12 / 32.f);
     if (elements == NormalComponentCount::NTB)
     {
       // Tangent
@@ -759,6 +763,14 @@ TEST_P(VertexLoaderNormalTest, NormalAll)
     }
   }
 
+  if (addr == VertexComponentFormat::NotPresent)
+  {
+    // Expect these to not be written
+    EXPECT_EQ(VertexLoaderManager::normal_cache[0], -42.f);
+    EXPECT_EQ(VertexLoaderManager::normal_cache[1], -43.f);
+    EXPECT_EQ(VertexLoaderManager::normal_cache[2], -44.f);
+    EXPECT_EQ(VertexLoaderManager::normal_cache[3], -45.f);
+  }
   if (addr == VertexComponentFormat::NotPresent || elements == NormalComponentCount::N)
   {
     // Expect these to not be written