diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/Modules/cellL10n.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/Modules/cellL10n.cpp
index 4345493ac1..7d007c5a42 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/Modules/cellL10n.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/Modules/cellL10n.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "stdafx.h"
 #include "Emu/Cell/PPUModule.h"
+#include "Emu/Memory/vm_ref.h"
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
 #include <Windows.h>
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.h b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.h
index d96998d7a9..8fe8f16054 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.h
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "../CPU/CPUThread.h"
-#include "../Memory/vm_ref.h"
 #include "../Memory/vm_ptr.h"
 #include "Utilities/lockless.h"
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.cpp
index 8f2e6a6709..48faf48880 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.cpp
@@ -1084,12 +1084,12 @@ namespace vm
 	}
 }
 
-void fmt_class_string<vm::_ptr_base<const void>>::format(std::string& out, u64 arg)
+void fmt_class_string<vm::_ptr_base<const void, u32>>::format(std::string& out, u64 arg)
 {
 	fmt_class_string<u32>::format(out, arg);
 }
 
-void fmt_class_string<vm::_ptr_base<const char>>::format(std::string& out, u64 arg)
+void fmt_class_string<vm::_ptr_base<const char, u32>>::format(std::string& out, u64 arg)
 {
 	// Special case (may be allowed for some arguments)
 	if (arg == 0)
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ void fmt_class_string<vm::_ptr_base<const char>>::format(std::string& out, u64 a
 
 	out += u8"“";
 
-	for (vm::_ptr_base<const volatile char> ptr = vm::cast(arg);; ptr++)
+	for (vm::_ptr_base<const volatile char, u32> ptr = vm::cast(arg);; ptr++)
 	{
 		if (!vm::check_addr(ptr.addr()))
 		{
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.h b/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.h
index 2ea85e4e5b..1aae3e619d 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.h
@@ -268,5 +268,10 @@ namespace vm
 	}
 
 	void close();
-}
 
+	template <typename T, typename AT>
+	class _ptr_base;
+
+	template <typename T, typename AT>
+	class _ref_base;
+}
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm_ptr.h b/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm_ptr.h
index b4c02b9377..01eea01347 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm_ptr.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm_ptr.h
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "Utilities/types.h"
-#include "vm_ref.h"
+#include "Utilities/BEType.h"
+#include "vm.h"
 
 class ppu_thread;
 
 namespace vm
 {
+	template <typename T, typename AT>
+	class _ref_base;
+
 	// SFINAE helper type for vm::_ptr_base comparison operators (enables comparison between equal types and between any type and void*)
 	template<typename T1, typename T2, typename RT = void>
 	using if_comparable_t = std::enable_if_t<std::is_void<T1>::value || std::is_void<T2>::value || std::is_same<std::remove_cv_t<T1>, std::remove_cv_t<T2>>::value, RT>;
 
-	template<typename T, typename AT = u32>
+	template <typename T, typename AT>
 	class _ptr_base
 	{
 		AT m_addr;
@@ -61,28 +65,28 @@ namespace vm
 
 		// Get vm pointer to a struct member
 		template <typename MT, typename T2, typename = if_comparable_t<T, T2>>
-		_ptr_base<MT> ptr(MT T2::*const mptr) const
+		_ptr_base<MT, u32> ptr(MT T2::*const mptr) const
 		{
 			return vm::cast(vm::cast(m_addr, HERE) + offset32(mptr));
 		}
 
 		// Get vm pointer to a struct member with array subscription
 		template <typename MT, typename T2, typename ET = std::remove_extent_t<MT>, typename = if_comparable_t<T, T2>>
-		_ptr_base<ET> ptr(MT T2::*const mptr, u32 index) const
+		_ptr_base<ET, u32> ptr(MT T2::*const mptr, u32 index) const
 		{
 			return vm::cast(vm::cast(m_addr, HERE) + offset32(mptr) + u32{sizeof(ET)} * index);
 		}
 
 		// Get vm reference to a struct member
 		template <typename MT, typename T2, typename = if_comparable_t<T, T2>>
-		_ref_base<MT> ref(MT T2::*const mptr) const
+		_ref_base<MT, u32> ref(MT T2::*const mptr) const
 		{
 			return vm::cast(vm::cast(m_addr, HERE) + offset32(mptr));
 		}
 
 		// Get vm reference to a struct member with array subscription
 		template <typename MT, typename T2, typename ET = std::remove_extent_t<MT>, typename = if_comparable_t<T, T2>>
-		_ref_base<ET> ref(MT T2::*const mptr, u32 index) const
+		_ref_base<ET, u32> ref(MT T2::*const mptr, u32 index) const
 		{
 			return vm::cast(vm::cast(m_addr, HERE) + offset32(mptr) + u32{sizeof(ET)} * index);
 		}
@@ -296,14 +300,14 @@ namespace vm
 
 		// Perform static_cast (for example, vm::ptr<void> to vm::ptr<char>)
 		template<typename CT, typename T, typename AT, typename = decltype(static_cast<to_be_t<CT>*>(std::declval<T*>()))>
-		inline _ptr_base<to_be_t<CT>> static_ptr_cast(const _ptr_base<T, AT>& other)
+		inline _ptr_base<to_be_t<CT>, u32> static_ptr_cast(const _ptr_base<T, AT>& other)
 		{
 			return vm::cast(other.addr(), HERE);
 		}
 
 		// Perform const_cast (for example, vm::cptr<char> to vm::ptr<char>)
 		template<typename CT, typename T, typename AT, typename = decltype(const_cast<to_be_t<CT>*>(std::declval<T*>()))>
-		inline _ptr_base<to_be_t<CT>> const_ptr_cast(const _ptr_base<T, AT>& other)
+		inline _ptr_base<to_be_t<CT>, u32> const_ptr_cast(const _ptr_base<T, AT>& other)
 		{
 			return vm::cast(other.addr(), HERE);
 		}
@@ -441,7 +445,7 @@ struct to_se<vm::_ptr_base<T, AT>, Se>
 template<typename T, typename AT>
 struct fmt_unveil<vm::_ptr_base<T, AT>, void>
 {
-	using type = vm::_ptr_base<T>; // Use only T, ignoring AT
+	using type = vm::_ptr_base<T, u32>; // Use only T, ignoring AT
 
 	static inline auto get(const vm::_ptr_base<T, AT>& arg)
 	{
@@ -449,26 +453,26 @@ struct fmt_unveil<vm::_ptr_base<T, AT>, void>
 	}
 };
 
-template<>
-struct fmt_class_string<vm::_ptr_base<const void>, void>
+template <>
+struct fmt_class_string<vm::_ptr_base<const void, u32>, void>
 {
 	static void format(std::string& out, u64 arg);
 };
 
-template<typename T>
-struct fmt_class_string<vm::_ptr_base<T>, void> : fmt_class_string<vm::_ptr_base<const void>, void>
+template <typename T>
+struct fmt_class_string<vm::_ptr_base<T, u32>, void> : fmt_class_string<vm::_ptr_base<const void, u32>, void>
 {
 	// Classify all pointers as const void*
 };
 
-template<>
-struct fmt_class_string<vm::_ptr_base<const char>, void>
+template <>
+struct fmt_class_string<vm::_ptr_base<const char, u32>, void>
 {
 	static void format(std::string& out, u64 arg);
 };
 
-template<>
-struct fmt_class_string<vm::_ptr_base<char>, void> : fmt_class_string<vm::_ptr_base<const char>>
+template <>
+struct fmt_class_string<vm::_ptr_base<char, u32>, void> : fmt_class_string<vm::_ptr_base<const char, u32>>
 {
 	// Classify char* as const char*
 };
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm_ref.h b/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm_ref.h
index c0525d1c6c..806f5aa4a1 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm_ref.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm_ref.h
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 
 namespace vm
 {
-	template<typename T, typename AT>
+	template <typename T, typename AT>
 	class _ptr_base;
 
-	template<typename T, typename AT = u32>
+	template <typename T, typename AT>
 	class _ref_base
 	{
 		AT m_addr;