diff --git a/src/core/arm/nce/interpreter_visitor.cpp b/src/core/arm/nce/interpreter_visitor.cpp
index be6fee8613..b5f89510ca 100644
--- a/src/core/arm/nce/interpreter_visitor.cpp
+++ b/src/core/arm/nce/interpreter_visitor.cpp
@@ -765,8 +765,8 @@ std::optional<u64> MatchAndExecuteOneInstruction(Core::Memory::Memory& memory, m
                                                  fpsimd_context* fpsimd_context) {
     std::span<u64, 31> regs(reinterpret_cast<u64*>(context->regs), 31);
     std::span<u128, 32> vregs(reinterpret_cast<u128*>(fpsimd_context->vregs), 32);
-    u64& sp = *reinterpret_cast<u64*>(&context->sp);
-    const u64& pc = *reinterpret_cast<u64*>(&context->pc);
+    u64 sp = context->sp;
+    const u64 pc = context->pc;
 
     InterpreterVisitor visitor(memory, regs, vregs, sp, pc);
     u32 instruction = memory.Read32(pc);
@@ -774,6 +774,7 @@ std::optional<u64> MatchAndExecuteOneInstruction(Core::Memory::Memory& memory, m
 
     auto decoder = Dynarmic::A64::Decode<VisitorBase>(instruction);
     was_executed = decoder.get().call(visitor, instruction);
+    context->sp = sp;
     return was_executed ? std::optional<u64>(pc + 4) : std::nullopt;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/arm/nce/patcher.cpp b/src/core/arm/nce/patcher.cpp
index b72e0f4e51..d4c0023ed5 100644
--- a/src/core/arm/nce/patcher.cpp
+++ b/src/core/arm/nce/patcher.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ using NativeExecutionParameters = Kernel::KThread::NativeExecutionParameters;
 constexpr size_t MaxRelativeBranch = 128_MiB;
 constexpr u32 ModuleCodeIndex = 0x24 / sizeof(u32);
 
+namespace {
+
 [[nodiscard]] std::optional<CacheOperationKind> DecodeCacheOperation(u32 inst) {
     switch (inst & ~u32{0x1F}) {
     case 0xD5087620:
@@ -42,6 +44,8 @@ constexpr u32 ModuleCodeIndex = 0x24 / sizeof(u32);
     }
 }
 
+} // namespace
+
 Patcher::Patcher() : c(m_patch_instructions), c_pre(m_patch_instructions_pre) {
     // The first word of the patch section is always a branch to the first instruction of the
     // module.