diff --git a/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Core/LatteTexture.cpp b/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Core/LatteTexture.cpp
index 3754fb19..d8852891 100644
--- a/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Core/LatteTexture.cpp
+++ b/src/Cafe/HW/Latte/Core/LatteTexture.cpp
@@ -235,6 +235,9 @@ void LatteTexture_InitSliceAndMipInfo(LatteTexture* texture)
 // if this function returns false, textures will not be synchronized even if their data overlaps
 bool LatteTexture_IsFormatViewCompatible(Latte::E_GX2SURFFMT formatA, Latte::E_GX2SURFFMT formatB)
 {
+	if(formatA == formatB)
+		return true; // if the format is identical then compatibility must be guaranteed (otherwise we can't create the necessary default view of a texture)
+
 	// todo - find a better way to handle this
 	for (sint32 swap = 0; swap < 2; swap++)
 	{