diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/SPUThread.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/SPUThread.cpp
index 0ba73acd3d..24d65e70e7 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/SPUThread.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/SPUThread.cpp
@@ -2488,8 +2488,6 @@ bool spu_thread::process_mfc_cmd()
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			mov_rdata(rdata, data);
-
 			u64 test_mask = -1;
 
 			if (ntime & 127)
@@ -2506,6 +2504,10 @@ bool spu_thread::process_mfc_cmd()
 					test_mask = ~vm::rsrv_shared_mask;
 				}
 			}
+			else
+			{
+				mov_rdata(rdata, data);
+			}
 
 			if (u64 time0 = vm::reservation_acquire(addr, 128); (ntime & test_mask) != (time0 & test_mask))
 			{