diff --git a/core/libs/prx/libkernel/DirectMemory/DirectMemory.cpp b/core/libs/prx/libkernel/DirectMemory/DirectMemory.cpp
index b10c4571b..e1ca1d457 100644
--- a/core/libs/prx/libkernel/DirectMemory/DirectMemory.cpp
+++ b/core/libs/prx/libkernel/DirectMemory/DirectMemory.cpp
@@ -901,3 +901,28 @@ bool QueryDirectMapping(std::uintptr_t address, std::uintptr_t* start, std::uint
     *memoryType = it->second.memoryType;
     return true;
 }
+
+std::vector<DirectMemoryView> DirectMemoryViews(int64_t start, size_t len) {
+    const auto first = static_cast<std::uint64_t>(start);
+    const auto last = first + len;
+    std::vector<DirectMemoryView> views;
+    std::lock_guard lock(g_directLock);
+    for (const auto& [base, mapping] : g_directMappings) {
+        const auto mappingLast = mapping.phys + (mapping.end - base);
+        if (mapping.phys >= last || mappingLast <= first) continue;
+        const auto viewStart = base + (std::max(first, mapping.phys) - mapping.phys);
+        const auto viewEnd = base + (std::min(last, mappingLast) - mapping.phys);
+        if (!views.empty() && views.back().address + views.back().bytes == viewStart) views.back().bytes += viewEnd - viewStart;
+        else views.push_back({viewStart, viewEnd - viewStart});
+    }
+    return views;
+}
+
+void UnmapDirectMemoryViews(const std::vector<DirectMemoryView>& views) {
+    if (views.empty()) return;
+    GuestAllocations::Mutation mutation;
+    for (const auto& view : views) {
+        Trace("unmap released view %p+0x%zx", reinterpret_cast<void*>(view.address), view.bytes);
+        UnmapRegistered(mutation, reinterpret_cast<void*>(view.address), view.bytes);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/libs/prx/libkernel/DirectMemory/DirectMemory.hpp b/core/libs/prx/libkernel/DirectMemory/DirectMemory.hpp
index e2310818d..248234829 100644
--- a/core/libs/prx/libkernel/DirectMemory/DirectMemory.hpp
+++ b/core/libs/prx/libkernel/DirectMemory/DirectMemory.hpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <cstddef>
+#include <vector>
 
 #include "prx/libkernel/KernelErrors.hpp"
 
@@ -15,6 +16,14 @@ bool DirectMemoryCheckedFree(int64_t start, size_t len);
 void CreateDirectMemoryBacking(int64_t start, size_t len, int memoryType);
 bool QueryDirectMapping(std::uintptr_t address, std::uintptr_t* start, std::uintptr_t* end, std::uint64_t* offset, int* memoryType);
 void ForgetDirectMemory(int64_t start, size_t len);
+
+struct DirectMemoryView {
+    std::uintptr_t address;
+    std::size_t bytes;
+};
+
+std::vector<DirectMemoryView> DirectMemoryViews(int64_t start, size_t len);
+void UnmapDirectMemoryViews(const std::vector<DirectMemoryView>& views);
 bool DirectMemoryFind(int64_t offset, bool findNext, int64_t* start, int64_t* end, int* memoryType);
 void DirectMemoryRetype(int64_t start, size_t len, int memoryType);
 size_t DirectMemoryFreeRun(uint64_t offset, uint64_t limit);
diff --git a/core/libs/prx/libkernel/DirectMemory/Export.cpp b/core/libs/prx/libkernel/DirectMemory/Export.cpp
index 5815eb4b7..73cbfb29f 100644
--- a/core/libs/prx/libkernel/DirectMemory/Export.cpp
+++ b/core/libs/prx/libkernel/DirectMemory/Export.cpp
@@ -217,7 +217,9 @@ int APS5_VABI sceKernelReleaseFlexibleMemory(void* addr, size_t len) {
 
 int APS5_VABI sceKernelReleaseDirectMemory(int64_t start, size_t len) {
  if (start < 0 || len == 0) return SCE_KERNEL_ERROR_EINVAL;
+ const auto views = DirectMemoryViews(start, len);
  DirectMemoryFree(start, len);
+ UnmapDirectMemoryViews(views);
  return 0;
 }
 
@@ -312,7 +314,10 @@ int APS5_VABI sceKernelVirtualQuery(const void* addr, int flags, VirtualQueryInf
 int APS5_VABI sceKernelCheckedReleaseDirectMemory(int64_t start, size_t len) {
  if (start < 0 || (static_cast<uint64_t>(start) & (PS5_PAGE_SIZE - 1)) != 0 || (len & (PS5_PAGE_SIZE - 1)) != 0) return SCE_KERNEL_ERROR_EINVAL;
  if (len == 0) return 0;
- return DirectMemoryCheckedFree(start, len) ? 0 : SCE_KERNEL_ERROR_ENOENT;
+ const auto views = DirectMemoryViews(start, len);
+ if (!DirectMemoryCheckedFree(start, len)) return SCE_KERNEL_ERROR_ENOENT;
+ UnmapDirectMemoryViews(views);
+ return 0;
 }
 
 int APS5_VABI sceKernelMtypeprotect(const void* addr, size_t len, int type, int prot) {
diff --git a/core/libs/tests/GuestMemory.cpp b/core/libs/tests/GuestMemory.cpp
index 504b0ca38..1bfba3d05 100644
--- a/core/libs/tests/GuestMemory.cpp
+++ b/core/libs/tests/GuestMemory.cpp
@@ -279,13 +279,17 @@ static void CheckReleaseDirectMemoryClearsMappings() {
     Require(sceKernelVirtualQuery(mapped, 0, &split, sizeof(split)) == 0);
     Require(split.is_direct && split.offset == static_cast<std::uint64_t>(phys));
     VirtualQueryInfo dropped{};
-    Require(sceKernelVirtualQuery(static_cast<unsigned char*>(mapped) + page, 0, &dropped, sizeof(dropped)) == 0);
-    Require(!dropped.is_direct && dropped.offset == 0);
+    const int droppedResult = sceKernelVirtualQuery(static_cast<unsigned char*>(mapped) + page, 0, &dropped, sizeof(dropped));
+    Require(droppedResult != 0 || !dropped.is_direct);
+    void* alias = nullptr;
+    Require(sceKernelMapDirectMemory(&alias, page, 3, 0, phys, 0) == 0);
     Require(sceKernelReleaseDirectMemory(phys, page) == 0);
-    VirtualQueryInfo cleared{};
-    Require(sceKernelVirtualQuery(mapped, 0, &cleared, sizeof(cleared)) == 0);
-    Require(!cleared.is_direct && cleared.offset == 0);
-    Require(sceKernelMunmap(mapped, page * 2) == 0);
+    for (void* view : {mapped, alias}) {
+        VirtualQueryInfo cleared{};
+        Require(sceKernelVirtualQuery(view, 0, &cleared, sizeof(cleared)) != 0);
+        VirtualQueryInfo next{};
+        if (sceKernelVirtualQuery(view, 1, &next, sizeof(next)) == 0) Require(next.start != reinterpret_cast<std::uintptr_t>(view));
+    }
 }
 
 static void CheckFixedMappingReplacesPartialOverlap() {