diff --git a/pcsx2/IPU/IPU.cpp b/pcsx2/IPU/IPU.cpp
index d39c1d242b..e0c2829752 100644
--- a/pcsx2/IPU/IPU.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/IPU/IPU.cpp
@@ -206,8 +206,8 @@ __fi u32 ipuRead32(u32 mem)
 			if (!ipuRegs.ctrl.BUSY)
 				IPU_LOG("read32: IPU_CTRL=0x%08X", ipuRegs.ctrl._u32);
 
-		return ipuRegs.ctrl._u32;
-		}		
+			return ipuRegs.ctrl._u32;
+		}
 
 		ipucase(IPU_BP): // IPU_BP
 		{
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ __fi u32 ipuRead32(u32 mem)
 			ipuRegs.ipubp |= g_BP.FP << 16;
 
 			IPU_LOG("read32: IPU_BP=0x%08X", ipuRegs.ipubp);
-		return ipuRegs.ipubp;
+			return ipuRegs.ipubp;
 		}
 
 		default:
diff --git a/pcsx2/IPU/IPU.h b/pcsx2/IPU/IPU.h
index 6759e547db..bba968e31c 100644
--- a/pcsx2/IPU/IPU.h
+++ b/pcsx2/IPU/IPU.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ struct __aligned16 tIPU_BP {
 		BP += bits;
 		pxAssume( BP <= 256 );
 
-		if (BP > 127)
+		if (BP >= 128)
 		{
 			BP -= 128;
 
@@ -100,8 +100,11 @@ struct __aligned16 tIPU_BP {
 			else
 			{
 				// if FP == 1 then the buffer has been completely drained.
-				// if FP == 0 then an already-drained buffer is being advanced.
-				// In either case we just assign FP to 0.
+				// if FP == 0 then an already-drained buffer is being advanced, and we need to drop a
+				// quadword from the IPU FIFO.
+
+				if (!FP)
+					ipu_fifo.in.read(&internal_qwc[0]);
 
 				FP = 0;
 			}