diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUModule.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUModule.cpp
index 7a0b077d15..ba4a063d55 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUModule.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUModule.cpp
@@ -2243,7 +2243,6 @@ bool ppu_load_exec(const ppu_exec_object& elf, bool virtual_load, const std::str
 	else
 	{
 		g_ps3_process_info = old_process_info;
-		Emu.ConfigurePPUCache();
 	}
 
 	if (!load_libs.empty())
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.cpp
index eb9f967fce..7ecb5d05b5 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUThread.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include "Emu/Memory/vm_locking.h"
 #include "Emu/RSX/Core/RSXReservationLock.hpp"
 #include "Emu/VFS.h"
+#include "Emu/vfs_config.h"
 #include "Emu/system_progress.hpp"
 #include "Emu/system_utils.hpp"
 #include "PPUThread.h"
@@ -3574,7 +3575,7 @@ extern void ppu_precompile(std::vector<std::string>& dir_queue, std::vector<ppu_
 						break;
 					}
 
-					if (std::memcpy(main_module.sha1, _main.sha1, sizeof(_main.sha1)) == 0)
+					if (std::memcmp(main_module.sha1, _main.sha1, sizeof(_main.sha1)) == 0)
 					{
 						break;
 					}
@@ -3587,6 +3588,7 @@ extern void ppu_precompile(std::vector<std::string>& dir_queue, std::vector<ppu_
 					obj.clear(), src.close(); // Clear decrypted file and elf object memory
 
 					_main.name = ' '; // Make ppu_finalize work
+					Emu.ConfigurePPUCache(!Emu.IsPathInsideDir(_main.path, g_cfg_vfs.get_dev_flash()));
 					ppu_initialize(_main);
 					ppu_finalize(_main);
 					_main = {};
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
index 4c909403d8..f2c390be7c 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
@@ -3243,13 +3243,13 @@ s32 error_code::error_report(s32 result, const logs::message* channel, const cha
 	return result;
 }
 
-void Emulator::ConfigurePPUCache() const
+void Emulator::ConfigurePPUCache(bool with_title_id) const
 {
 	auto& _main = g_fxo->get<main_ppu_module>();
 
 	_main.cache = rpcs3::utils::get_cache_dir();
 
-	if (!m_title_id.empty() && m_cat != "1P")
+	if (with_title_id && !m_title_id.empty() && m_cat != "1P")
 	{
 		_main.cache += GetTitleID();
 		_main.cache += '/';
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/System.h b/rpcs3/Emu/System.h
index 0148907b8a..7512b54047 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/System.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/System.h
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ public:
 
 	std::string GetFormattedTitle(double fps) const;
 
-	void ConfigurePPUCache() const;
+	void ConfigurePPUCache(bool with_title_id = true) const;
 
 	std::set<std::string> GetGameDirs() const;
 	void AddGamesFromDir(const std::string& path);