diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/game_list_frame.cpp b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/game_list_frame.cpp
index 986f63321a..58a495d857 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/game_list_frame.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/game_list_frame.cpp
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ void game_list_frame::Refresh(const bool from_drive, const bool scroll_after)
 				QString note        = m_persistent_settings->GetValue(gui::persistent::notes, serial, "").toString();
 				QString title       = m_persistent_settings->GetValue(gui::persistent::titles, serial, "").toString().simplified();
 				QString last_played = m_persistent_settings->GetValue(gui::persistent::last_played, serial, "").toString();
-				int playtime        = m_persistent_settings->GetValue(gui::persistent::playtime, serial, 0).toInt();
+				quint64 playtime    = m_persistent_settings->GetValue(gui::persistent::playtime, serial, 0).toULongLong();
 
 				// Read deprecated gui_setting values first for backwards compatibility (older than January 12th 2020).
 				// Restrict this to empty persistent settings to keep continuity.
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ void game_list_frame::Refresh(const bool from_drive, const bool scroll_after)
 				}
 				if (playtime <= 0)
 				{
-					playtime = m_gui_settings->GetValue(gui::persistent::playtime, serial, 0).toInt();
+					playtime = m_gui_settings->GetValue(gui::persistent::playtime, serial, 0).toULongLong();
 				}
 				// Deprecated values older than August 2nd 2020
 				if (note.isEmpty())
@@ -1980,7 +1980,7 @@ void game_list_frame::PopulateGameList()
 		}
 
 		// Playtimes
-		const qint64 elapsed_ms = m_persistent_settings->GetPlaytime(serial);
+		const quint64 elapsed_ms = m_persistent_settings->GetPlaytime(serial);
 
 		// Last played (support outdated values)
 		QDate last_played;
diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gui_application.cpp b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gui_application.cpp
index 9cbd06fdfe..6eeaa0a94d 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gui_application.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gui_application.cpp
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ void gui_application::UpdatePlaytime()
 		return;
 	}
 
-	const qint64 playtime = m_persistent_settings->GetPlaytime(serial) + m_timer_playtime.restart();
+	const quint64 playtime = m_persistent_settings->GetPlaytime(serial) + m_timer_playtime.restart();
 	m_persistent_settings->SetPlaytime(serial, playtime);
 	m_persistent_settings->SetLastPlayed(serial, QDate::currentDate().toString(gui::persistent::last_played_date_format));
 }
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ void gui_application::StopPlaytime()
 		return;
 	}
 
-	const qint64 playtime = m_persistent_settings->GetPlaytime(serial) + m_timer_playtime.elapsed();
+	const quint64 playtime = m_persistent_settings->GetPlaytime(serial) + m_timer_playtime.elapsed();
 	m_persistent_settings->SetPlaytime(serial, playtime);
 	m_persistent_settings->SetLastPlayed(serial, QDate::currentDate().toString(gui::persistent::last_played_date_format));
 	m_timer_playtime.invalidate();
diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/persistent_settings.cpp b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/persistent_settings.cpp
index 1e81b17998..d8fef4aa5f 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/persistent_settings.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/persistent_settings.cpp
@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@ persistent_settings::persistent_settings(QObject* parent) : settings(parent)
 	m_settings.reset(new QSettings(ComputeSettingsDir() + gui::persistent::persistent_file_name + ".dat", QSettings::Format::IniFormat, parent));
 }
 
-void persistent_settings::SetPlaytime(const QString& serial, const qint64& elapsed)
+void persistent_settings::SetPlaytime(const QString& serial, const quint64& elapsed)
 {
-	m_playtime[serial] = std::max<qint64>(0, elapsed);
+	m_playtime[serial] = elapsed;
 	SetValue(gui::persistent::playtime, serial, m_playtime[serial]);
 }
 
-qint64 persistent_settings::GetPlaytime(const QString& serial)
+quint64 persistent_settings::GetPlaytime(const QString& serial)
 {
-	return std::max<qint64>(0, m_playtime[serial]);
+	return m_playtime[serial];
 }
 
 void persistent_settings::SetLastPlayed(const QString& serial, const QString& date)
diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/persistent_settings.h b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/persistent_settings.h
index eeae86af3d..302d62437d 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/persistent_settings.h
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/persistent_settings.h
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ public:
 	QString GetCurrentUser(const QString& fallback) const;
 
 public Q_SLOTS:
-	void SetPlaytime(const QString& serial, const qint64& elapsed);
-	qint64 GetPlaytime(const QString& serial);
+	void SetPlaytime(const QString& serial, const quint64& elapsed);
+	quint64 GetPlaytime(const QString& serial);
 
 	void SetLastPlayed(const QString& serial, const QString& date);
 	QString GetLastPlayed(const QString& serial);
 private:
-	QMap<QString, qint64> m_playtime;
+	QMap<QString, quint64> m_playtime;
 	QMap<QString, QString> m_last_played;
 };