diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
index d792e7caea..7494d512b9 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
@@ -966,6 +966,11 @@ game_boot_result Emulator::BootGame(const std::string& path, const std::string&
 					std::tie(m_path, m_path_original, argv, envp, data, disc, klic, hdd1, m_config_mode, m_config_path) = std::move(save_args);
 				};
 			}
+
+			if (result != game_boot_result::no_errors)
+			{
+				GetCallbacks().close_gs_frame();
+			}
 		}
 
 		return result;
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/System.h b/rpcs3/Emu/System.h
index 747d6d494b..fd48c199ae 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/System.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/System.h
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ struct EmuCallbacks
 	std::function<void(std::string_view title_id)> init_pad_handler;
 	std::function<void()> update_emu_settings;
 	std::function<void()> save_emu_settings;
+	std::function<void()> close_gs_frame;
 	std::function<std::unique_ptr<class GSFrameBase>()> get_gs_frame;
 	std::function<std::shared_ptr<class camera_handler_base>()> get_camera_handler;
 	std::function<std::shared_ptr<class music_handler_base>()> get_music_handler;
diff --git a/rpcs3/headless_application.cpp b/rpcs3/headless_application.cpp
index b12b6d87e2..e82bcc12dc 100644
--- a/rpcs3/headless_application.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/headless_application.cpp
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ void headless_application::InitializeCallbacks()
 		return nullptr;
 	};
 
+	callbacks.close_gs_frame = [](){};
 	callbacks.get_gs_frame = []() -> std::unique_ptr<GSFrameBase>
 	{
 		if (g_cfg.video.renderer != video_renderer::null)
diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gs_frame.cpp b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gs_frame.cpp
index ef4131c3b4..41421cfdcf 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gs_frame.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gs_frame.cpp
@@ -603,6 +603,11 @@ void gs_frame::close()
 
 	gui_log.notice("Closing game window");
 
+	if (m_ignore_stop_events)
+	{
+		return;
+	}
+
 	Emu.CallFromMainThread([this]()
 	{
 		// Hide window if necessary
@@ -1139,6 +1144,11 @@ bool gs_frame::event(QEvent* ev)
 
 		gui_log.notice("Game window close event issued");
 
+		if (m_ignore_stop_events)
+		{
+			return QWindow::event(ev);
+		}
+
 		if (Emu.IsStopped())
 		{
 			// This should be unreachable, but never say never. Properly close the window anyway.
diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gs_frame.h b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gs_frame.h
index a6d5f41b19..07f3527d61 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gs_frame.h
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gs_frame.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ private:
 	u32 m_hide_mouse_idletime = 2000; // ms
 	bool m_flip_showed_frame = false;
 	bool m_start_games_fullscreen = false;
+	bool m_ignore_stop_events = false;
 
 	std::shared_ptr<utils::video_encoder> m_video_encoder{};
 
@@ -52,6 +53,8 @@ public:
 	explicit gs_frame(QScreen* screen, const QRect& geometry, const QIcon& appIcon, std::shared_ptr<gui_settings> gui_settings, bool force_fullscreen);
 	~gs_frame();
 
+	void ignore_stop_events() { m_ignore_stop_events = true; }
+
 	draw_context_t make_context() override;
 	void set_current(draw_context_t context) override;
 	void delete_context(draw_context_t context) override;
diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gui_application.cpp b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gui_application.cpp
index e16f97aff0..bacc530051 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gui_application.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gui_application.cpp
@@ -366,6 +366,9 @@ std::unique_ptr<gs_frame> gui_application::get_gs_frame()
 			}
 			return std::unique_ptr<gs_frame>(m_game_window);
 		}
+
+		// Clean-up old game window. This should only happen if there was an unexpected error during boot.
+		Emu.GetCallbacks().close_gs_frame();
 	}
 
 	gui_log.notice("gui_application: Creating new game window");
@@ -564,6 +567,16 @@ void gui_application::InitializeCallbacks()
 		return nullptr;
 	};
 
+	callbacks.close_gs_frame  = [this]()
+	{
+		if (m_game_window)
+		{
+			gui_log.warning("gui_application: Closing old game window");
+			m_game_window->ignore_stop_events();
+			delete m_game_window;
+			m_game_window = nullptr;
+		}
+	};
 	callbacks.get_gs_frame    = [this]() -> std::unique_ptr<GSFrameBase> { return get_gs_frame(); };
 	callbacks.get_msg_dialog  = [this]() -> std::shared_ptr<MsgDialogBase> { return m_show_gui ? std::make_shared<msg_dialog_frame>() : nullptr; };
 	callbacks.get_osk_dialog  = [this]() -> std::shared_ptr<OskDialogBase> { return m_show_gui ? std::make_shared<osk_dialog_frame>() : nullptr; };