diff --git a/GPU/Common/DrawEngineCommon.cpp b/GPU/Common/DrawEngineCommon.cpp
index 3035b2b58f..86f7e346ac 100644
--- a/GPU/Common/DrawEngineCommon.cpp
+++ b/GPU/Common/DrawEngineCommon.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ DrawEngineCommon::DrawEngineCommon() : decoderMap_(32) {
 	transformedExpanded_ = (TransformedVertex *)AllocateMemoryPages(3 * TRANSFORMED_VERTEX_BUFFER_SIZE, MEM_PROT_READ | MEM_PROT_WRITE);
 	decoded_ = (u8 *)AllocateMemoryPages(DECODED_VERTEX_BUFFER_SIZE, MEM_PROT_READ | MEM_PROT_WRITE);
 	decIndex_ = (u16 *)AllocateMemoryPages(DECODED_INDEX_BUFFER_SIZE, MEM_PROT_READ | MEM_PROT_WRITE);
+
+	_dbg_assert_(transformed_);
+	_dbg_assert_(transformedExpanded_);
+	_dbg_assert_(decoded_);
+	_dbg_assert_(decIndex_);
+
 	indexGen.Setup(decIndex_);
 
 	InitDepthRaster();
diff --git a/UI/PauseScreen.cpp b/UI/PauseScreen.cpp
index 7cb1da9ea3..d71607ccc2 100644
--- a/UI/PauseScreen.cpp
+++ b/UI/PauseScreen.cpp
@@ -376,9 +376,13 @@ GamePauseScreen::~GamePauseScreen() {
 }
 
 bool GamePauseScreen::UnsyncKey(const KeyInput &key) {
-	int retval = UIScreen::UnsyncKey(key);
+	bool retval = UIScreen::UnsyncKey(key);
 	bool pauseTrigger = false;
-	return retval || g_controlMapper.Key(key, &pauseTrigger);
+	retval = g_controlMapper.Key(key, &pauseTrigger) || retval;
+	if (pauseTrigger) {
+		TriggerFinish(DR_BACK);
+	}
+	return retval;
 }
 
 void GamePauseScreen::UnsyncAxis(const AxisInput *axes, size_t count) {