diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.cpp
index 40d985b7dd..0aaa59dfe7 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.cpp
@@ -451,10 +451,17 @@ namespace rsx
 		ar(dma_address, iomap_table, restore_point, tiles, zculls, display_buffers, display_buffers_count, current_display_buffer);
 		ar(enable_second_vhandler, requested_vsync);
 		ar(device_addr, label_addr, main_mem_size, local_mem_size, rsx_event_port, driver_info);
-		ar(in_begin_end, zcull_stats_enabled, zcull_rendering_enabled, zcull_pixel_cnt_enabled);
+		ar(in_begin_end);
+
+		if (!ar.is_writing() && GET_SERIALIZATION_VERSION(rsx) <= 2)
+		{
+			// Used to be ZCULL information we can obtain by reading method registers
+			ar.pos += 3;
+		}
+
 		ar(display_buffers, display_buffers_count, current_display_buffer);
 
-		if (ar.is_writing() || GET_SERIALIZATION_VERSION(rsx) != 1u)
+		if (ar.is_writing() || GET_SERIALIZATION_VERSION(rsx) != 1)
 		{
 			ar(unsent_gcm_events);
 			ar(rsx::method_registers.current_draw_clause);
@@ -697,6 +704,11 @@ namespace rsx
 		}
 	}
 
+	namespace nv4097
+	{
+		void set_render_mode(thread* rsx, u32, u32 arg);
+	}
+
 	void thread::on_task()
 	{
 		g_tls_log_prefix = []
@@ -721,6 +733,9 @@ namespace rsx
 			zcull_ctrl = std::make_unique<::rsx::reports::ZCULL_control>();
 		}
 
+		check_zcull_status(false);
+		nv4097::set_render_mode(this, 0, method_registers.registers[NV4097_SET_RENDER_ENABLE]);
+
 		performance_counters.state = FIFO_state::empty;
 
 		Emu.CallFromMainThread([]{ Emu.RunPPU(); });
@@ -2295,6 +2310,8 @@ namespace rsx
 	void thread::reset()
 	{
 		rsx::method_registers.reset();
+		check_zcull_status(false);
+		nv4097::set_render_mode(this, 0, method_registers.registers[NV4097_SET_RENDER_ENABLE]);
 		m_graphics_state = pipeline_state::all_dirty;
 		m_rtts_dirty = true;
 		m_framebuffer_state_contested = false;
@@ -2637,6 +2654,10 @@ namespace rsx
 
 	void thread::check_zcull_status(bool framebuffer_swap)
 	{
+		const bool zcull_rendering_enabled = !!method_registers.registers[NV4097_SET_ZCULL_EN];
+		const bool zcull_stats_enabled = !!method_registers.registers[NV4097_SET_ZCULL_STATS_ENABLE];
+		const bool zcull_pixel_cnt_enabled = !!method_registers.registers[NV4097_SET_ZPASS_PIXEL_COUNT_ENABLE];
+
 		if (framebuffer_swap)
 		{
 			zcull_surface_active = false;
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.h
index 4b0a070b92..850ad60e86 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.h
@@ -671,10 +671,6 @@ namespace rsx
 
 		atomic_t<s32> async_tasks_pending{ 0 };
 
-		bool zcull_stats_enabled = false;
-		bool zcull_rendering_enabled = false;
-		bool zcull_pixel_cnt_enabled = false;
-
 		reports::conditional_render_eval cond_render_ctrl;
 
 		virtual u64 get_cycles() = 0;
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/rsx_methods.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/rsx_methods.cpp
index e8940ae5d4..6ade67cb0a 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/rsx_methods.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/rsx_methods.cpp
@@ -745,19 +745,16 @@ namespace rsx
 
 		void set_zcull_render_enable(thread* rsx, u32, u32 arg)
 		{
-			rsx->zcull_rendering_enabled = !!arg;
 			rsx->notify_zcull_info_changed();
 		}
 
 		void set_zcull_stats_enable(thread* rsx, u32, u32 arg)
 		{
-			rsx->zcull_stats_enabled = !!arg;
 			rsx->notify_zcull_info_changed();
 		}
 
 		void set_zcull_pixel_count_enable(thread* rsx, u32, u32 arg)
 		{
-			rsx->zcull_pixel_cnt_enabled = !!arg;
 			rsx->notify_zcull_info_changed();
 		}
 
@@ -1789,8 +1786,6 @@ namespace rsx
 		}
 
 		rsx->reset();
-		nv4097::set_zcull_render_enable(rsx, 0, 0x3);
-		nv4097::set_render_mode(rsx, 0, 0x0100'0000);
 		rsx->on_frame_end(arg);
 		rsx->request_emu_flip(arg);
 		vm::_ref<atomic_t<u128>>(rsx->label_addr + 0x10).store(u128{});
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
index 2ca4aae88e..684a5bddea 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static std::array<serial_ver_t, 23> s_serial_versions;
 
 #define SERIALIZATION_VER(name, identifier, ...) \
 \
-	const bool s_##name##_serialization_fill = []() { ::s_serial_versions[identifier].compatible_versions = {__VA_ARGS__}; return true; }();\
+	const bool s_##name##_serialization_fill = []() { if (::s_serial_versions[identifier].compatible_versions.empty()) ::s_serial_versions[identifier].compatible_versions = {__VA_ARGS__}; return true; }();\
 \
 	extern void using_##name##_serialization()\
 	{\
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ SERIALIZATION_VER(lv2_config, 9,                                1)
 
 namespace rsx
 {
-	SERIALIZATION_VER(rsx, 10,                                  1, 2)
+	SERIALIZATION_VER(rsx, 10,                                  1, 2, 3)
 }
 
 namespace np
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ namespace np
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 // Compiler bug, lambda function body does seem to inherit used namespace atleast for function decleration 
-SERIALIZATION_VER(rsx, 10,                                      1, 2)
-SERIALIZATION_VER(sceNp, 11,                                    1)
+SERIALIZATION_VER(rsx, 10)
+SERIALIZATION_VER(sceNp, 11)
 #endif
 
 SERIALIZATION_VER(cellVdec, 12,                                 1)