diff --git a/pcsx2/gui/MemoryCardFolder.cpp b/pcsx2/gui/MemoryCardFolder.cpp
index 604761e1fe..6278036ae4 100644
--- a/pcsx2/gui/MemoryCardFolder.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/gui/MemoryCardFolder.cpp
@@ -904,6 +904,7 @@ void FolderMemoryCard::Flush() {
 	}
 
 	m_lastAccessedFile.FlushAll();
+	m_lastAccessedFile.ClearMetadataWriteState();
 	m_oldDataCache.clear();
 
 	const u64 timeFlushEnd = wxGetLocalTimeMillis().GetValue();
@@ -1518,6 +1519,10 @@ void FileAccessHelper::FlushAll() {
 	}
 }
 
+void FileAccessHelper::ClearMetadataWriteState() {
+	m_lastWrittenFileRef = nullptr;
+}
+
 bool FileAccessHelper::CleanMemcardFilename( char* name ) {
 	// invalid characters for filenames in the PS2 file system: { '/', '?', '*' }
 	// the following characters are valid in a PS2 memcard file system but invalid in Windows
diff --git a/pcsx2/gui/MemoryCardFolder.h b/pcsx2/gui/MemoryCardFolder.h
index ace20d96c3..7408934189 100644
--- a/pcsx2/gui/MemoryCardFolder.h
+++ b/pcsx2/gui/MemoryCardFolder.h
@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@ public:
 	// Flush the written data of all open files to the file system
 	void FlushAll();
 
+	// Force metadata to be written on next file access, not sure if this is necessary but it can't hurt.
+	void ClearMetadataWriteState();
+
 	// removes characters from a PS2 file name that would be illegal in a Windows file system
 	// returns true if any changes were made
 	static bool CleanMemcardFilename( char* name );