diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/TextureUtils.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/TextureUtils.cpp
index 8064275d05..83d8fff1ce 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/TextureUtils.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/TextureUtils.cpp
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ u8 get_format_block_size_in_bytes(rsx::surface_color_format format)
 size_t get_placed_texture_storage_size(u16 width, u16 height, u32 depth, u8 format, u16 mipmap, bool cubemap, size_t row_pitch_alignment, size_t mipmap_alignment)
 {
 	size_t w = width;
-	size_t h = std::max<u16>(height, 1);
+	size_t h = height;
 	size_t d = std::max<u16>(depth, 1);
 
 	format &= ~(CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_LN | CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_UN);
@@ -547,7 +547,8 @@ size_t get_placed_texture_storage_size(u16 width, u16 height, u32 depth, u8 form
 		width_in_blocks = std::max<size_t>(width_in_blocks / 2, 1);
 	}
 
-	return result * (cubemap ? 6 : 1);
+	// Mipmap, height and width aren't allowed to be zero
+	return verify("Texture params" HERE, result) * (cubemap ? 6 : 1); 
 }
 
 size_t get_placed_texture_storage_size(const rsx::fragment_texture &texture, size_t row_pitch_alignment, size_t mipmap_alignment)
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/texture_cache.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/texture_cache.h
index b4e08a0be2..3fff718291 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/texture_cache.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/texture_cache.h
@@ -1761,12 +1761,6 @@ namespace rsx
 			const u32 format = tex.format() & ~(CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_LN | CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_UN);
 			const bool is_compressed_format = (format == CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_COMPRESSED_DXT1 || format == CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_COMPRESSED_DXT23 || format == CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_COMPRESSED_DXT45);
 
-			if (!tex_size || !tex_range.valid())
-			{
-				LOG_ERROR(RSX, "Texture upload requested but texture not found, (address=0x%X, size=0x%X, w=%d, h=%d, p=%d, format=0x%X)", texaddr, tex_size, tex.width(), tex.height(), tex.pitch(), tex.format());
-				return {};
-			}
-
 			const auto extended_dimension = tex.get_extended_texture_dimension();
 			u16 depth = 0;
 			u16 tex_height = (u16)tex.height();