diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/RawSPUThread.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/RawSPUThread.cpp
index c78fb3f8c8..00776bd9e8 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/RawSPUThread.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/RawSPUThread.cpp
@@ -319,20 +319,18 @@ bool spu_thread::write_reg(const u32 addr, const u32 value)
 
 void spu_load_exec(const spu_exec_object& elf)
 {
-	auto ls0 = vm::addr_t{RAW_SPU_BASE_ADDR};
-
 	spu_thread::g_raw_spu_ctr++;
 
+	auto spu = idm::make_ptr<named_thread<spu_thread>>("TEST_SPU", nullptr, 0, "", 0);
+
 	for (const auto& prog : elf.progs)
 	{
 		if (prog.p_type == 0x1u /* LOAD */ && prog.p_memsz)
 		{
-			std::memcpy(vm::base(ls0 + prog.p_vaddr), prog.bin.data(), prog.p_filesz);
+			std::memcpy(spu->_ptr<void>(prog.p_vaddr), prog.bin.data(), prog.p_filesz);
 		}
 	}
 
-	auto spu = idm::make_ptr<named_thread<spu_thread>>("TEST_SPU", nullptr, 0, "", 0);
-
 	spu_thread::g_raw_spu_id[0] = spu->id;
 
 	spu->status_npc = {SPU_STATUS_RUNNING, elf.header.e_entry};