diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/DLCache.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/DLCache.cpp
index 4c3490ed01..47c8041105 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/DLCache.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/DLCache.cpp
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ bool CompileAndRunDisplayList(u32 address, int size, CachedDisplayList *dl)
 					ReferencedDataRegion* NewRegion = new ReferencedDataRegion;
 					NewRegion->MustClean = true;
 					NewRegion->size = transfer_size * 4;
-					NewRegion->start_address = (u8*) new u8[NewRegion->size+0xf];  // alignment
+					NewRegion->start_address = (u8*) new u8[NewRegion->size+15+12];  // alignment and guaranteed space
 					NewRegion->hash = 0;					
 					dl->InsertRegion(NewRegion);
 					u32 *data_buffer = (u32*)(u8*)(((size_t)NewRegion->start_address+0xf)&~0xf);
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/OpcodeDecoding.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/OpcodeDecoding.cpp
index 8b7564158a..180fb93639 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/OpcodeDecoding.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/OpcodeDecoding.cpp
@@ -272,9 +272,8 @@ static void Decode()
             u32 Cmd2 = DataReadU32();
             int transfer_size = ((Cmd2 >> 16) & 15) + 1;
 			u32 xf_address = Cmd2 & 0xFFFF;
-			u32 data_buffer[16];
+			GC_ALIGNED128(u32 data_buffer[16]);
 			DataReadU32xFuncs[transfer_size-1](data_buffer);
-
             LoadXFReg(transfer_size, xf_address, data_buffer);
 
 			INCSTAT(stats.thisFrame.numXFLoads);