diff --git a/src/core/gpu.cc b/src/core/gpu.cc
index c42caa883..4a7dcf034 100644
--- a/src/core/gpu.cc
+++ b/src/core/gpu.cc
@@ -700,6 +700,7 @@ void PCSX::GPU::directDMARead(uint32_t *dest, int transferSize, uint32_t hwAddr)
     dest += size / 4;
     while (transferSize != 0) {
         *dest++ = m_dataRet;
+        transferSize--;
     }
 }