diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_rasterizer_cache.cpp b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_rasterizer_cache.cpp
index 30632dc0d..a75e504a8 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_rasterizer_cache.cpp
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_opengl/gl_rasterizer_cache.cpp
@@ -1269,11 +1269,15 @@ void RasterizerCacheOpenGL::ValidateSurface(const Surface& surface, PAddr addr,
         return;
     }
 
-    const auto validate_regions = surface->invalid_regions.find(validate_interval);
+    auto validate_regions = surface->invalid_regions & validate_interval;
+    auto notify_validated = [&](SurfaceInterval interval) {
+        surface->invalid_regions.erase(interval);
+        validate_regions.erase(interval);
+    };
 
     for (;;) {
         const auto it = validate_regions.begin();
-        if (it == surface->invalid_regions.end())
+        if (it == validate_regions.end())
             break;
 
         const auto interval = *it & validate_interval;
@@ -1285,15 +1289,28 @@ void RasterizerCacheOpenGL::ValidateSurface(const Surface& surface, PAddr addr,
         if (copy_surface != nullptr) {
             SurfaceInterval copy_interval = params.GetCopyableInterval(copy_surface);
             CopySurface(copy_surface, surface, copy_interval);
-            validate_regions.erase(interval);
+            notify_validated(copy_interval);
             continue;
         }
 
+        // HACK HACK HACK: Ignore format reinterpretation
+        // this is a placeholder for HW texture decoding/encoding
+        constexpr bool IGNORE_FORMAT_REINTERPRETING = true;
+        bool retry = false;
+        if (IGNORE_FORMAT_REINTERPRETING) {
+            for (const auto& pair : RangeFromInterval(dirty_regions, interval)) {
+                validate_regions.erase(pair.first & interval);
+                retry = true;
+            }
+        }
+        if (retry)
+            continue;
+
         // Load data from 3DS memory
         FlushRegion(params.addr, params.size);
         surface->LoadGLBuffer(params.addr, params.end);
         surface->UploadGLTexture(surface->GetSubRect(params));
-        validate_regions.erase(interval)
+        notify_validated(params.GetInterval());
     }
 }