diff --git a/src/video_core/query_cache/bank_base.h b/src/video_core/query_cache/bank_base.h
index 44769ea971..7c4fc91a6b 100644
--- a/src/video_core/query_cache/bank_base.h
+++ b/src/video_core/query_cache/bank_base.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <utility>
 
 #include "common/common_types.h"
+#include "common/logging.h"
 
 namespace VideoCommon {
 
@@ -46,8 +47,13 @@ public:
     }
 
     void CloseReference(size_t how_many = 1) {
-        if (how_many > references.load(std::memory_order_relaxed)) {
-            UNREACHABLE();
+        const size_t prev = references.load(std::memory_order_relaxed);
+        if (how_many > prev) [[unlikely]] {
+            LOG_CRITICAL(HW_GPU,
+                         "QueryBank CloseReference underflow keepalive: prev={} how_many={}",
+                         prev, how_many);
+            references.store(0, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+            return;
         }
         references.fetch_sub(how_many, std::memory_order_relaxed);
     }