diff --git a/core/libs/prx/libSceVideoOut/src/Buffer.cpp b/core/libs/prx/libSceVideoOut/src/Buffer.cpp
index 5c8c2870e..481c92c2f 100644
--- a/core/libs/prx/libSceVideoOut/src/Buffer.cpp
+++ b/core/libs/prx/libSceVideoOut/src/Buffer.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ int APS5_VABI sceVideoOutRegisterBuffers2(int handle, int setIndex, int bufferIn
     group.occupied = true;
     std::array<VideoOutBuffer, VIDEO_OUT_BUFFER_NUM_MAX> registered{};
     for (int i = 0; i < bufferNum; ++i) {
-        if (buffers[i].reserved[0] != nullptr || buffers[i].reserved[1] != nullptr) throw std::runtime_error("VideoOut: reserved buffer pointers are set");
         registered[i] = {setIndex, reinterpret_cast<uint64_t>(buffers[i].data), reinterpret_cast<uint64_t>(buffers[i].metadata)};
         const auto display = DescribeVideoOutBuffer(registered[i], group);
         AgcDriverCheckGuestMemory_nid_postfix(buffers[i].data, AgcDriverDisplayBufferSize_nid_postfix(display), 65536);
diff --git a/core/libs/prx/libSceVideoOut/tests/Flip.cpp b/core/libs/prx/libSceVideoOut/tests/Flip.cpp
index 048a7e892..046e79283 100644
--- a/core/libs/prx/libSceVideoOut/tests/Flip.cpp
+++ b/core/libs/prx/libSceVideoOut/tests/Flip.cpp
@@ -257,6 +257,15 @@ void testControls() {
     }
     check(sceVideoOutWaitVblank(handle) == 0, "vblank wait failed");
     check(owner->GetTriggeredEvents(&event, 1) == 1 && event.udata == &settings && sceVideoOutGetEventId(&event) == VIDEO_OUT_EVENT_VBLANK, "vblank event or updated user data missing");
+    std::vector<std::byte> allocation(65536 + 65535);
+    const auto storage = alignedBuffer(allocation);
+    VideoOutBuffers buffer{storage.data(), nullptr, {allocation.data(), storage.data()}};
+    VideoOutBufferAttribute2 attribute{};
+    attribute.width = 64;
+    attribute.height = 64;
+    attribute.pixel_format = 0x8000000000000000ull;
+    check(sceVideoOutRegisterBuffers2(handle, 0, 0, &buffer, 1, &attribute, 0, nullptr) == 0, "buffers with set reserved pointers were rejected");
+    check(sceVideoOutUnregisterBuffers(handle, 0) == 0, "buffer unregistration failed");
     sceVideoOutClose(handle);
     check(owner->GetTriggeredEvents(&event, 1) == 0, "closed port retained pending events");
     check(sceKernelDeleteEqueue(queue) == 0, "event queue deletion failed");