diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/TextureCacheBase.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/TextureCacheBase.cpp
index 1cc0e3635e..ab260aedd7 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/TextureCacheBase.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/TextureCacheBase.cpp
@@ -506,9 +506,6 @@ TextureCacheBase::TCacheEntryBase* TextureCacheBase::Load(const u32 stage)
   u32 tex_levels = use_mipmaps ? ((tex.texMode1[id].max_lod + 0xf) / 0x10 + 1) : 1;
   const bool from_tmem = tex.texImage1[id].image_type != 0;
 
-  if (0 == address)
-    return nullptr;
-
   // TexelSizeInNibbles(format) * width * height / 16;
   const unsigned int bsw = TexDecoder_GetBlockWidthInTexels(texformat);
   const unsigned int bsh = TexDecoder_GetBlockHeightInTexels(texformat);