diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUTranslator.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUTranslator.cpp
index b2a291c36ff2..37955380fce1 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUTranslator.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/PPUTranslator.cpp
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ Type* PPUTranslator::ScaleType(Type* type, s32 pow2)
 
 	uint scaled = type->getScalarSizeInBits();
 
-	verify(HERE), std::popcount(scaled) == 1;
+	verify(HERE), (scaled & (scaled - 1)) == 0;
 
 	if (pow2 > 0)
 	{
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.cpp
index f9cb7a7a0016..7e2a53d0d596 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Memory/vm.cpp
@@ -1182,7 +1182,7 @@ namespace vm
 			if (is_write)
 				std::swap(src, dst);
 
-			if (size <= 16 && std::popcount(size) == 1 && (addr & (size - 1)) == 0)
+			if (size <= 16 && (size & (size - 1)) == 0 && (addr & (size - 1)) == 0)
 			{
 				if (is_write)
 				{