diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.cpp
index 9ee9bca926..477d3e90c0 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.cpp
@@ -79,6 +79,28 @@ namespace vm
 	// Memory pages
 	std::array<memory_page, 0x100000000 / 4096> g_pages{};
 
+	void reservation_update(u32 addr, u32 size, bool lsb)
+	{
+		u64 old = UINT64_MAX;
+		const auto cpu = get_current_cpu_thread();
+
+		while (true)
+		{
+			const auto [ok, rtime] = try_reservation_update(addr, size, lsb);
+			if (ok || old / 128 < rtime / 128)
+			{
+				return;
+			}
+
+			old = rtime;
+
+			if (cpu && cpu->test_stopped())
+			{
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	static void _register_lock(cpu_thread* _cpu)
 	{
 		for (u32 i = 0, max = g_cfg.core.ppu_threads;;)
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm_reservation.h b/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm_reservation.h
index c6573a4084..95011bdba3 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm_reservation.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm_reservation.h
@@ -14,12 +14,17 @@ namespace vm
 	}
 
 	// Update reservation status
-	inline void reservation_update(u32 addr, u32 size, bool lsb = false)
+	inline std::pair<bool, u64> try_reservation_update(u32 addr, u32 size, bool lsb = false)
 	{
 		// Update reservation info with new timestamp
-		reservation_acquire(addr, size) += 128;
+		auto& res = reservation_acquire(addr, size);
+		const u64 rtime = res;
+
+		return {!(rtime & 127) && res.compare_and_swap_test(rtime, rtime + 128), rtime};
 	}
 
+	void reservation_update(u32 addr, u32 size, bool lsb = false);
+
 	// Get reservation sync variable
 	inline atomic_t<u64>& reservation_notifier(u32 addr, u32 size)
 	{