diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
index fa15e33b92..c32eb6d229 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
@@ -1202,7 +1202,8 @@ game_boot_result Emulator::Load(const std::string& title_id, bool add_only, bool
 			games[m_title_id] = bdvd_dir;
 			YAML::Emitter out;
 			out << games;
-			fs::file(fs::get_config_dir() + "/games.yml", fs::rewrite).write(out.c_str(), out.size());
+			fs::file(fs::get_config_dir() + "/_tmp_games.yml", fs::rewrite).write(out.c_str(), out.size());
+			fs::rename(fs::get_config_dir() + "/_tmp_games.yml", fs::get_config_dir() + "/games.yml", true);
 		}
 		else if (m_cat == "1P" && from_hdd0_game)
 		{