diff --git a/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Core/LatteTexture.cpp b/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Core/LatteTexture.cpp
index 43f64b2c..1d3c9686 100644
--- a/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Core/LatteTexture.cpp
+++ b/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Core/LatteTexture.cpp
@@ -1307,8 +1307,9 @@ LatteTexture::LatteTexture(Latte::E_DIM dim, MPTR physAddress, MPTR physMipAddre
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	// determine if this texture should ever be mirrored to CPU RAM
-	if (this->tileMode == Latte::E_HWTILEMODE::TM_LINEAR_ALIGNED)
+	// determine if this texture should ever be mirrored to CPU RAM.
+	if (this->tileMode == Latte::E_HWTILEMODE::TM_LINEAR_ALIGNED ||
+		this->tileMode == Latte::E_HWTILEMODE::TM_LINEAR_GENERAL)
 	{
 		this->enableReadback = true;
 	}
diff --git a/src/Cafe/OS/libs/gx2/GX2_RenderTarget.cpp b/src/Cafe/OS/libs/gx2/GX2_RenderTarget.cpp
index 4ef37b18..7c25ae95 100644
--- a/src/Cafe/OS/libs/gx2/GX2_RenderTarget.cpp
+++ b/src/Cafe/OS/libs/gx2/GX2_RenderTarget.cpp
@@ -176,8 +176,6 @@ void gx2Export_GX2SetColorBuffer(PPCInterpreter_t* hCPU)
 	gx2WriteGather_submitU32AsBE(mmCB_COLOR0_SIZE - 0xA000 + hCPU->gpr[4]);
 	gx2WriteGather_submitU32AsBE((uint32)colorBufferBE->reg_size);
 
-	cemu_assert_debug(tileMode != Latte::E_GX2TILEMODE::TM_LINEAR_SPECIAL);
-
 	// set mmCB_COLOR*_VIEW
 	gx2WriteGather_submit(
 		pm4HeaderType3(IT_SET_CONTEXT_REG, 2),