diff --git a/src/citra_qt/qt_image_interface.cpp b/src/citra_qt/qt_image_interface.cpp
index f60162e089..b099ba3956 100644
--- a/src/citra_qt/qt_image_interface.cpp
+++ b/src/citra_qt/qt_image_interface.cpp
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
 // Refer to the license.txt file included.
 
 #include <QImage>
+#include <QImageReader>
 #include <QString>
 #include "citra_qt/qt_image_interface.h"
 #include "common/logging/log.h"
 
+QtImageInterface::QtImageInterface() {
+    QImageReader::setAllocationLimit(0);
+}
+
 bool QtImageInterface::DecodePNG(std::vector<u8>& dst, u32& width, u32& height,
                                  std::span<const u8> src) {
     QImage image(QImage::fromData(src.data(), static_cast<int>(src.size())));
diff --git a/src/citra_qt/qt_image_interface.h b/src/citra_qt/qt_image_interface.h
index e85f84a437..24652c81ef 100644
--- a/src/citra_qt/qt_image_interface.h
+++ b/src/citra_qt/qt_image_interface.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 class QtImageInterface final : public Frontend::ImageInterface {
 public:
+    QtImageInterface();
     bool DecodePNG(std::vector<u8>& dst, u32& width, u32& height, std::span<const u8> src) override;
     bool EncodePNG(const std::string& path, u32 width, u32 height,
                    std::span<const u8> src) override;