diff --git a/src/DSi.cpp b/src/DSi.cpp
index 4b97dc12..d7d43d24 100644
--- a/src/DSi.cpp
+++ b/src/DSi.cpp
@@ -1340,10 +1340,16 @@ void DSi::Set_SCFG_MC(u32 val)
 
 void DSi::SetVRAMTimings(bool extrabuswidth)
 {
-    if (extrabuswidth)
-        SetARM9RegionTimings(0x06000, 0x07000, Mem9_VRAM, 32, 1, 1); // dsi vram
-    else
-        SetARM9RegionTimings(0x06000, 0x07000, Mem9_VRAM, 16, 1, 1); // ds vram
+    if (extrabuswidth) // 32 bit bus; arm9 can do 8 bit writes
+    {
+        SetARM9RegionTimings(0x06000, 0x07000, Mem9_VRAM, 32, 1, 1);
+        SetARM7RegionTimings(0x06000, 0x07000, Mem7_VRAM, 32, 1, 1);
+    }
+    else // 16 bit bus; arm9 cannot do 8 bit writes
+    {
+        SetARM9RegionTimings(0x06000, 0x07000, Mem9_VRAM, 16, 1, 1);
+        SetARM7RegionTimings(0x06000, 0x07000, Mem7_VRAM, 16, 1, 1);
+    }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/NDS.cpp b/src/NDS.cpp
index 36799feb..15af2764 100644
--- a/src/NDS.cpp
+++ b/src/NDS.cpp
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ void NDS::InitTimings()
     SetARM7RegionTimings(0x02000, 0x03000, Mem7_MainRAM, 16, 8, 1); // main RAM
     SetARM7RegionTimings(0x03000, 0x04000, Mem7_WRAM,    32, 1, 1); // ARM7/shared WRAM
     SetARM7RegionTimings(0x04000, 0x04800, Mem7_IO,      32, 1, 1); // IO
-    SetARM7RegionTimings(0x06000, 0x07000, Mem7_VRAM,    32, 1, 1); // ARM7 VRAM
+    SetARM7RegionTimings(0x06000, 0x07000, Mem7_VRAM,    16, 1, 1); // ARM7 VRAM
 
     // handled later: GBA slot, wifi
 }