diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/TextureUtils.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/TextureUtils.cpp
index 7fe0431baf..4c92f18aaa 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/TextureUtils.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/TextureUtils.cpp
@@ -847,6 +847,16 @@ namespace rsx
 		}
 	}
 
+	bool texture_format_ex::hw_SNORM_possible() const
+	{
+		return (texel_remap_control & SEXT_MASK) == (get_host_format_snorm_mask(format()) << SEXT_OFFSET);
+	}
+
+	bool texture_format_ex::hw_SRGB_possible() const
+	{
+		return (texel_remap_control & GAMMA_CTRL_MASK) == GAMMA_RGB_MASK;
+	}
+
 	std::vector<rsx::subresource_layout> get_subresources_layout(const rsx::fragment_texture& texture)
 	{
 		return get_subresources_layout_impl(texture);
@@ -1255,6 +1265,32 @@ namespace rsx
 		fmt::throw_exception("Unknown format 0x%x", texture_format);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns a channel mask in ARGB that can be SNORM-converted
+	 * Some formats have a hardcoded constant in one lane which we cannot SNORM-interpret in hardware.
+	 */
+	u32 get_host_format_snorm_mask(u32 format)
+	{
+		switch (format)
+		{
+		case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_B8:
+		case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_R5G6B5:
+		case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_R6G5B5:
+		case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_D1R5G5B5:
+		case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_D8R8G8B8:
+		case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_COMPRESSED_B8R8_G8R8:
+		case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_COMPRESSED_R8B8_R8G8:
+			// Hardcoded alpha formats
+			return 0b1110;
+
+		case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_X16:
+			// This one is a mess. X and Z are hardcoded. Not supported.
+			// Fall through instead of throw
+		default:
+			return 0b1111;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * A texture is stored as an array of blocks, where a block is a pixel for standard texture
 	 * but is a structure containing several pixels for compressed format
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/TextureUtils.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/TextureUtils.h
index 551052f0ad..f8d899a6ca 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/TextureUtils.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/TextureUtils.h
@@ -147,8 +147,8 @@ namespace rsx
 		bool valid() const { return format_bits != 0; }
 		u32 format() const { return format_bits & ~(CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_LN | CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_UN); }
 
-		bool hw_SNORM_possible() const { return (texel_remap_control & SEXT_MASK) == SEXT_MASK; }
-		bool hw_SRGB_possible() const { return (texel_remap_control & GAMMA_CTRL_MASK) == GAMMA_RGB_MASK; }
+		bool hw_SNORM_possible() const;
+		bool hw_SRGB_possible() const;
 
 	//private:
 		u32 format_bits = 0;
@@ -296,6 +296,12 @@ namespace rsx
 	*/
 	rsx::flags32_t get_format_features(u32 texture_format);
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns a channel mask in ARGB that can be SNORM-converted
+	 * Some formats have a hardcoded constant in one lane which we cannot SNORM-interpret in hardware.
+	 */
+	u32 get_host_format_snorm_mask(u32 format);
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns number of texel rows encoded in one pitch-length line of bytes
 	 */