diff --git a/src/video/vid_s3.c b/src/video/vid_s3.c
index 2e6a00e62..d3fb9c468 100644
--- a/src/video/vid_s3.c
+++ b/src/video/vid_s3.c
@@ -2711,12 +2711,12 @@ static void s3_recalctimings(svga_t *svga)
 	svga->lowres = !((svga->gdcreg[5] & 0x40) && (svga->crtc[0x3a] & 0x10));
 	
 	if (((svga->gdcreg[5] & 0x40) && (svga->crtc[0x3a] & 0x10)) || (svga->crtc[0x3a] & 0x10)) {
-		if (svga->crtc[0x31] & 0x08) { /*If the dword mode bit is not enabled when the S3 dword mode is enabled, enable it*/
-			if (!(svga->crtc[0x14] & 0x40))
+		if (svga->crtc[0x31] & 0x08) {
+			if (!(svga->crtc[0x17] & 0x40) && (svga->crtc[0x14] & 0x40)) /*Disable dword mode addressing when CRTC14 bit 6 is not enabled, regardless of the S3 dword mode bit.*/
 				svga->force_dword_mode = 1;
 		} else
 			svga->force_dword_mode = 0;
-	
+
 		switch (svga->bpp) {
 			case 8:
 			svga->render = svga_render_8bpp_highres;
@@ -2853,8 +2853,8 @@ static void s3_trio64v_recalctimings(svga_t *svga)
 		
 		svga->lowres = !((svga->gdcreg[5] & 0x40) && (svga->crtc[0x3a] & 0x10));
 		if ((svga->gdcreg[5] & 0x40) && (svga->crtc[0x3a] & 0x10)) {
-			if (svga->crtc[0x31] & 0x08) { /*If the dword mode bit is not enabled when the S3 dword mode is enabled, enable it*/
-				if (!(svga->crtc[0x14] & 0x40))
+			if (svga->crtc[0x31] & 0x08) {
+				if (!(svga->crtc[0x17] & 0x40) && (svga->crtc[0x14] & 0x40)) /*Disable dword mode addressing when CRTC14 bit 6 is not enabled, regardless of the S3 dword mode bit.*/
 					svga->force_dword_mode = 1;
 			} else
 				svga->force_dword_mode = 0;