1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/core/hle/kernel/k_process.cpp b/src/core/hle/kernel/k_process.cpp
index ae332a550..53735a225 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/kernel/k_process.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/kernel/k_process.cpp
@@ -1239,10 +1239,10 @@ void KProcess::LoadModule(CodeSet code_set, KProcessAddress base_addr) {
     ReprotectSegment(code_set.DataSegment(), Svc::MemoryPermission::ReadWrite);
 
 #ifdef HAS_NCE
-    if (this->IsApplication() && Settings::IsNceEnabled()) {
+    const auto& patch = code_set.PatchSegment();
+    if (this->IsApplication() && Settings::IsNceEnabled() && patch.size != 0) {
         auto& buffer = m_kernel.System().DeviceMemory().buffer;
         const auto& code = code_set.CodeSegment();
-        const auto& patch = code_set.PatchSegment();
         buffer.Protect(GetInteger(base_addr + code.addr), code.size,
                        Common::MemoryPermission::Read | Common::MemoryPermission::Execute);
         buffer.Protect(GetInteger(base_addr + patch.addr), patch.size,