diff --git a/Utilities/types.h b/Utilities/types.h
index d509e3ad76..5fdaf0dc31 100644
--- a/Utilities/types.h
+++ b/Utilities/types.h
@@ -26,6 +26,21 @@ union alignas(2) f16
 {
 	u16 _u16;
 	u8 _u8[2];
+
+	explicit f16(u16 raw)
+	{
+		_u16 = raw;
+	}
+
+	explicit operator float() const
+	{
+		// See http://stackoverflow.com/a/26779139
+		// The conversion doesn't handle NaN/Inf
+		u32 raw = ((_u16 & 0x8000) << 16) | // Sign (just moved)
+			(((_u16 & 0x7c00) + 0x1C000) << 13) | // Exponent ( exp - 15 + 127)
+			((_u16 & 0x03FF) << 13); // Mantissa
+		return (float&)raw;
+	}
 };
 
 using f32 = float;
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXTexture.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXTexture.cpp
index 066ac3b363..017b4e9146 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXTexture.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXTexture.cpp
@@ -144,9 +144,9 @@ namespace rsx
 		return (method_registers[NV4097_SET_TEXTURE_CONTROL1 + (m_index * 8)]);
 	}
 
-	u16 texture::bias() const
+	float texture::bias() const
 	{
-		return ((method_registers[NV4097_SET_TEXTURE_FILTER + (m_index * 8)]) & 0x1fff);
+		return float(f16((method_registers[NV4097_SET_TEXTURE_FILTER + (m_index * 8)]) & 0x1fff));
 	}
 
 	u8  texture::min_filter() const
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXTexture.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXTexture.h
index 014d862340..20b0783360 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXTexture.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXTexture.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ namespace rsx
 		u32 remap() const;
 
 		// Filter
-		u16 bias() const;
+		float bias() const;
 		u8  min_filter() const;
 		u8  mag_filter() const;
 		u8  convolution_filter() const;