diff --git a/app/src/main/cpp/skyline/kernel/types/KPrivateMemory.cpp b/app/src/main/cpp/skyline/kernel/types/KPrivateMemory.cpp
index 8ab73650..fb2725a9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/cpp/skyline/kernel/types/KPrivateMemory.cpp
+++ b/app/src/main/cpp/skyline/kernel/types/KPrivateMemory.cpp
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ namespace skyline::kernel::type {
             throw exception("An error occurred while updating private memory's permissions in child process");
 
         auto chunk = state.os->memory.GetChunk(address);
+
+        // If a static code region has been mapped as writable it needs to be changed to mutable
+        if (chunk->state.value == memory::states::CodeStatic.value && permission.w)
+            chunk->state = memory::states::CodeMutable;
+
         BlockDescriptor block{
             .address = address,
             .size = size,
diff --git a/app/src/main/cpp/skyline/loader/loader.cpp b/app/src/main/cpp/skyline/loader/loader.cpp
index 31f623c6..c1d73705 100644
--- a/app/src/main/cpp/skyline/loader/loader.cpp
+++ b/app/src/main/cpp/skyline/loader/loader.cpp
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ namespace skyline::loader {
         process->NewHandle<kernel::type::KPrivateMemory>(base + executable.ro.offset, roSize, memory::Permission{true, false, false}, memory::states::CodeReadOnly); // R--
         state.logger->Debug("Successfully mapped section .rodata @ 0x{0:X}, Size = 0x{1:X}", base + executable.ro.offset, roSize);
 
-        process->NewHandle<kernel::type::KPrivateMemory>(base + executable.data.offset, dataSize, memory::Permission{true, true, false}, memory::states::CodeStatic); // RW-
+        process->NewHandle<kernel::type::KPrivateMemory>(base + executable.data.offset, dataSize, memory::Permission{true, true, false}, memory::states::CodeMutable); // RW-
         state.logger->Debug("Successfully mapped section .data @ 0x{0:X}, Size = 0x{1:X}", base + executable.data.offset, dataSize);
 
-        process->NewHandle<kernel::type::KPrivateMemory>(base + patchOffset, patchSize + padding, memory::Permission{true, true, true}, memory::states::CodeStatic); // RWX
+        process->NewHandle<kernel::type::KPrivateMemory>(base + patchOffset, patchSize + padding, memory::Permission{true, true, true}, memory::states::CodeMutable); // RWX
         state.logger->Debug("Successfully mapped section .patch @ 0x{0:X}, Size = 0x{1:X}", base + patchOffset, patchSize + padding);
 
         process->WriteMemory(executable.text.contents.data(), base + executable.text.offset, textSize);