From 492e7c958c183e75bbfbea79839e15bd4c609d3d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Herman S." <429230+has207@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2026 17:25:58 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] [XMA] fix loop trigger to guard against degenerate loop
 regions

---
 src/xenia/apu/xma_context_new.cc | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/xenia/apu/xma_context_new.cc b/src/xenia/apu/xma_context_new.cc
index adcd853a7..e82a41653 100644
--- a/src/xenia/apu/xma_context_new.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/apu/xma_context_new.cc
@@ -515,11 +515,15 @@ void XmaContextNew::UpdateLoopStatus(XMA_CONTEXT_DATA* data) {
   const uint32_t loop_start = std::max(kBitsPerPacketHeader, data->loop_start);
   const uint32_t loop_end = std::max(kBitsPerPacketHeader, data->loop_end);
 
+  if (loop_end <= loop_start) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   XELOGAPU("XmaContext {}: Looped Data: {} < {} (Start: {}) Remaining: {}",
            id(), data->input_buffer_read_offset, data->loop_end,
            data->loop_start, data->loop_count);
 
-  if (data->input_buffer_read_offset != loop_end) {
+  if (data->input_buffer_read_offset < loop_end) {
     return;
   }