diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLTexture.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLTexture.cpp
index e5a63cf1bc..9dd312e630 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLTexture.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLTexture.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ namespace gl
 		case texture::internal_format::r32f:
 			return { GL_RED, GL_FLOAT, 4, true };
 		case texture::internal_format::rg8:
-			return { GL_RG, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, 1, false };
+			return { GL_RG, GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, 2, true };
 		case texture::internal_format::rg16:
 			return { GL_RG, GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, 2, true };
 		case texture::internal_format::rg16f:
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKFormats.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKFormats.cpp
index 2c4f216c86..6de9edd8cf 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKFormats.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKFormats.cpp
@@ -394,8 +394,6 @@ namespace vk
 		{
 			//8-bit
 		case VK_FORMAT_R8_UNORM:
-		case VK_FORMAT_R8G8_UNORM:
-		case VK_FORMAT_R8G8_SNORM:
 		case VK_FORMAT_A8B8G8R8_UNORM_PACK32:
 		case VK_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM:
 			return{ false, 1 };
@@ -406,6 +404,8 @@ namespace vk
 		case VK_FORMAT_R16_UINT:
 		case VK_FORMAT_R16_SFLOAT:
 		case VK_FORMAT_R16_UNORM:
+		case VK_FORMAT_R8G8_UNORM:
+		case VK_FORMAT_R8G8_SNORM:
 		case VK_FORMAT_R16G16_UNORM:
 		case VK_FORMAT_R16G16_SFLOAT:
 		case VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_SFLOAT: