diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm_ref.h b/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm_ref.h
index ce83cb4d65..4e792b9f55 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm_ref.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm_ref.h
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 
 #include "util/to_endian.hpp"
 
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Weffc++"
+#endif
+
 namespace vm
 {
 	template <typename T, typename AT>
@@ -24,8 +29,6 @@ namespace vm
 		using type = T;
 		using addr_type = std::remove_cv_t<AT>;
 
-		_ref_base() = default;
-
 		_ref_base(const _ref_base&) = default;
 
 		_ref_base(vm::addr_t addr)
@@ -178,6 +181,10 @@ namespace vm
 	}
 }
 
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+#endif
+
 // Change AT endianness to BE/LE
 template<typename T, typename AT, bool Se>
 struct to_se<vm::_ref_base<T, AT>, Se>