diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/Modules/cellSysCache.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/Modules/cellSysCache.cpp
index d14d8d70ef..576805d6b8 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/Modules/cellSysCache.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/Modules/cellSysCache.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ struct syscache_info
 		{
 			idm::select<lv2_fs_object, lv2_file>([](u32 /*id*/, lv2_file& file)
 			{
-				if (file.file && std::memcmp("/dev_hdd1/", file.name.data(), 10) == 0)
+				if (file.file && file.mp->flags & lv2_mp_flag::cache)
 				{
 					file.lock = 2;
 				}
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_fs.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_fs.cpp
index d3b887bae7..afd754a6fd 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_fs.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_fs.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ LOG_CHANNEL(sys_fs);
 lv2_fs_mount_point g_mp_sys_dev_root;
 lv2_fs_mount_point g_mp_sys_no_device;
 lv2_fs_mount_point g_mp_sys_dev_hdd0{"/dev_hdd0"};
-lv2_fs_mount_point g_mp_sys_dev_hdd1{"/dev_hdd1", 512, 32768, lv2_mp_flag::no_uid_gid};
+lv2_fs_mount_point g_mp_sys_dev_hdd1{"/dev_hdd1", 512, 32768, lv2_mp_flag::no_uid_gid + lv2_mp_flag::cache};
 lv2_fs_mount_point g_mp_sys_dev_usb{"", 512, 4096, lv2_mp_flag::no_uid_gid};
 lv2_fs_mount_point g_mp_sys_dev_bdvd{"", 2048, 65536, lv2_mp_flag::read_only + lv2_mp_flag::no_uid_gid};
 lv2_fs_mount_point g_mp_sys_host_root{"", 512, 512, lv2_mp_flag::strict_get_block_size + lv2_mp_flag::no_uid_gid};
@@ -702,8 +702,7 @@ error_code sys_fs_close(ppu_thread& ppu, u32 fd)
 			return CELL_EBADF;
 		}
 
-		if (std::memcmp(file->name.data(), "/dev_hdd1/", 10) != 0
-			&& !(file->mp->flags & lv2_mp_flag::read_only) && file->flags & CELL_FS_O_ACCMODE)
+		if (!(file->mp->flags & (lv2_mp_flag::read_only + lv2_mp_flag::cache)) && file->flags & CELL_FS_O_ACCMODE)
 		{
 			// Special: Ensure temporary directory for gamedata writes will remain on disk before final gamedata commitment
 			file->file.sync(); // For cellGameContentPermit atomicity
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_fs.h b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_fs.h
index 3e1a014b6d..7ad2da538a 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_fs.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_fs.h
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ enum class lv2_mp_flag
 	read_only,
 	no_uid_gid,
 	strict_get_block_size,
+	cache,
 
 	__bitset_enum_max
 };
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/VFS.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/VFS.cpp
index 904852afbe..9975d46e4e 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/VFS.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/VFS.cpp
@@ -758,8 +758,7 @@ bool vfs::host::rename(const std::string& from, const std::string& to, const lv2
 
 			file.restore_data.seek_pos = file.file.pos();
 
-			if (std::memcmp(file.name.data(), "/dev_hdd1/", 10) != 0
-				&& !(file.mp->flags & lv2_mp_flag::read_only) && file.flags & CELL_FS_O_ACCMODE)
+			if (!(file.mp->flags & (lv2_mp_flag::read_only + lv2_mp_flag::cache)) && file.flags & CELL_FS_O_ACCMODE)
 			{
 				file.file.sync(); // For cellGameContentPermit atomicity
 			}