diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/TextureUtils.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/TextureUtils.cpp
index c129acfe94..2b7f8366e2 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/TextureUtils.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/TextureUtils.cpp
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ std::vector<rsx_subresource_layout> get_subresources_layout(const rsx::texture &
 	{
 	case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_D8R8G8B8:
 	case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_A8R8G8B8:
-		return get_subresources_layout_impl<1, u32>(pixels, w, h, depth, layer, texture.mipmap(), texture.pitch(), !is_swizzled);
+		return get_subresources_layout_impl<1, u32>(pixels, w, h, depth, layer, texture.get_exact_mipmap_count(), texture.pitch(), !is_swizzled);
 	case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_DEPTH16:
 	case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_D1R5G5B5:
 	case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_A1R5G5B5:
@@ -160,16 +160,16 @@ std::vector<rsx_subresource_layout> get_subresources_layout(const rsx::texture &
 	case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_A4R4G4B4:
 	case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_R5G6B5:
 	case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_G8B8:
-		return get_subresources_layout_impl<1, u16>(pixels, w, h, depth, layer, texture.mipmap(), texture.pitch(), !is_swizzled);
+		return get_subresources_layout_impl<1, u16>(pixels, w, h, depth, layer, texture.get_exact_mipmap_count(), texture.pitch(), !is_swizzled);
 	case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_W16_Z16_Y16_X16_FLOAT:
-		return get_subresources_layout_impl<1, u64>(pixels, w, h, depth, layer, texture.mipmap(), texture.pitch(), !is_swizzled);
+		return get_subresources_layout_impl<1, u64>(pixels, w, h, depth, layer, texture.get_exact_mipmap_count(), texture.pitch(), !is_swizzled);
 	case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_COMPRESSED_DXT1:
-		return get_subresources_layout_impl<4, u64>(pixels, w, h, depth, layer, texture.mipmap(), texture.pitch(), !is_swizzled);
+		return get_subresources_layout_impl<4, u64>(pixels, w, h, depth, layer, texture.get_exact_mipmap_count(), texture.pitch(), !is_swizzled);
 	case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_COMPRESSED_DXT23:
 	case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_COMPRESSED_DXT45:
-		return get_subresources_layout_impl<4, u128>(pixels, w, h, depth, layer, texture.mipmap(), texture.pitch(), !is_swizzled);
+		return get_subresources_layout_impl<4, u128>(pixels, w, h, depth, layer, texture.get_exact_mipmap_count(), texture.pitch(), !is_swizzled);
 	case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_B8:
-		return get_subresources_layout_impl<1, u8>(pixels, w, h, depth, layer, texture.mipmap(), texture.pitch(), !is_swizzled);
+		return get_subresources_layout_impl<1, u8>(pixels, w, h, depth, layer, texture.get_exact_mipmap_count(), texture.pitch(), !is_swizzled);
 	}
 	throw EXCEPTION("Wrong format %d", format);
 }
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXTexture.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXTexture.cpp
index e638feec05..e46c87638f 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXTexture.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXTexture.cpp
@@ -70,6 +70,16 @@ namespace rsx
 		return ((method_registers[NV4097_SET_TEXTURE_FORMAT + (m_index * 8)] >> 8) & 0xff);
 	}
 
+	bool texture::is_compressed_format() const
+	{
+		int texture_format = format() & ~(CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_LN | CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_UN);
+		if (texture_format == CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_COMPRESSED_DXT1 ||
+			texture_format == CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_COMPRESSED_DXT23 ||
+			texture_format == CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_COMPRESSED_DXT45)
+			return true;
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	u16 texture::mipmap() const
 	{
 		return ((method_registers[NV4097_SET_TEXTURE_FORMAT + (m_index * 8)] >> 16) & 0xffff);
@@ -77,7 +87,14 @@ namespace rsx
 
 	u16 texture::get_exact_mipmap_count() const
 	{
-		u16 max_mipmap_count = static_cast<u16>(floor(log2(std::max(width(), height()))) + 1);
+		if (is_compressed_format())
+		{
+			// OpenGL considers that highest mipmap level for DXTC format is when either width or height is 1
+			// not both. Assume it's the same for others backend.
+			u16 max_mipmap_count = static_cast<u16>(floor(log2(std::min(width() / 4, height() / 4))) + 1);
+			return std::min(mipmap(), max_mipmap_count);
+		}
+		u16 max_mipmap_count = static_cast<u16>(floor(log2(std::max(width(), height()))) + 1) - 2;
 		return std::min(mipmap(), max_mipmap_count);
 	}
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXTexture.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXTexture.h
index 724caad77a..15dacade91 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXTexture.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXTexture.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ namespace rsx
 		u8   border_type() const;
 		rsx::texture_dimension   dimension() const;
 		u8   format() const;
+		bool is_compressed_format() const;
 		u16  mipmap() const;
 		/**
 		 * mipmap() returns value from register which can be higher than the actual number of mipmap level.