diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/TextureCacheBase.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/TextureCacheBase.cpp
index b1c9ead97a..406a7bef21 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/TextureCacheBase.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/TextureCacheBase.cpp
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ void TextureCacheBase::SerializeTexture(AbstractTexture* tex, const TextureConfi
     // needing to allocate/free an extra buffer.
     u8* texture_data = p.DoExternal(total_size);
 
-    if (p.GetMode() == PointerWrap::MODE_MEASURE)
+    if (!skip_readback && p.GetMode() == PointerWrap::MODE_MEASURE)
     {
       ERROR_LOG_FMT(VIDEO, "Couldn't acquire {} bytes for serializing texture.", total_size);
       return;