diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/texture_cache.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/texture_cache.h
index 4f83c623df..9221dea7ea 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/texture_cache.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/texture_cache.h
@@ -3237,6 +3237,22 @@ namespace rsx
 			return m_predictor;
 		}
 
+		bool is_protected(u32 section_base_address)
+		{
+			reader_lock lock(m_cache_mutex);
+
+			const auto& block = m_storage.block_for(section_base_address);
+			for (const auto& tex : block)
+			{
+				if (tex.get_section_base() == section_base_address)
+				{
+					return tex.is_locked();
+				}
+			}
+
+			return false;
+		}
+
 
 		/**
 		 * The read only texture invalidate flag is set if a read only texture is trampled by framebuffer memory
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLRenderTargets.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLRenderTargets.cpp
index 14133a542d..dd388ce8c1 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLRenderTargets.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLRenderTargets.cpp
@@ -318,9 +318,14 @@ void GLGSRender::init_buffers(rsx::framebuffer_creation_context context, bool /*
 
 		for (auto& [base_addr, surface] : m_rtts.orphaned_surfaces)
 		{
-			const bool lock = surface->is_depth_surface() ? !!g_cfg.video.write_depth_buffer :
+			bool lock = surface->is_depth_surface() ? !!g_cfg.video.write_depth_buffer :
 				!!g_cfg.video.write_color_buffers;
 
+			if (lock && !m_gl_texture_cache.is_protected(base_addr))
+			{
+				lock = false;
+			}
+
 			if (!lock) [[likely]]
 			{
 				m_gl_texture_cache.commit_framebuffer_memory_region(cmd, surface->get_memory_range());
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.cpp
index 1994c672db..3e99a840e6 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKGSRender.cpp
@@ -2423,9 +2423,14 @@ void VKGSRender::prepare_rtts(rsx::framebuffer_creation_context context)
 
 		for (auto& [base_addr, surface] : m_rtts.orphaned_surfaces)
 		{
-			const bool lock = surface->is_depth_surface() ? !!g_cfg.video.write_depth_buffer :
+			bool lock = surface->is_depth_surface() ? !!g_cfg.video.write_depth_buffer :
 				!!g_cfg.video.write_color_buffers;
 
+			if (lock && !m_texture_cache.is_protected(base_addr))
+			{
+				lock = false;
+			}
+
 			if (!lock) [[likely]]
 			{
 				m_texture_cache.commit_framebuffer_memory_region(*m_current_command_buffer, surface->get_memory_range());