diff --git a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citron/citron_emu/fragments/GamePropertiesFragment.kt b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citron/citron_emu/fragments/GamePropertiesFragment.kt
index 6356820f5..dafa1545f 100644
--- a/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citron/citron_emu/fragments/GamePropertiesFragment.kt
+++ b/src/android/app/src/main/java/org/citron/citron_emu/fragments/GamePropertiesFragment.kt
@@ -496,6 +496,16 @@ class GamePropertiesFragment : Fragment() {
     }
 
     private fun performRomFSDump(dumpPathUri: String?) {
+        // Check if emulation is running - cannot dump while game is active
+        if (NativeLibrary.isRunning()) {
+            Toast.makeText(
+                requireContext(),
+                R.string.dump_failed_emulation_running,
+                Toast.LENGTH_LONG
+            ).show()
+            return
+        }
+
         ProgressDialogFragment.newInstance(
             requireActivity(),
             R.string.dump_romfs_extracting,
@@ -539,6 +549,16 @@ class GamePropertiesFragment : Fragment() {
     }
 
     private fun performExeFSDump(dumpPathUri: String?) {
+        // Check if emulation is running - cannot dump while game is active
+        if (NativeLibrary.isRunning()) {
+            Toast.makeText(
+                requireContext(),
+                R.string.dump_failed_emulation_running,
+                Toast.LENGTH_LONG
+            ).show()
+            return
+        }
+
         ProgressDialogFragment.newInstance(
             requireActivity(),
             R.string.dump_exefs_extracting,
diff --git a/src/android/app/src/main/jni/native.cpp b/src/android/app/src/main/jni/native.cpp
index 04f5548b8..fec2e81a4 100644
--- a/src/android/app/src/main/jni/native.cpp
+++ b/src/android/app/src/main/jni/native.cpp
@@ -884,6 +884,12 @@ jboolean Java_org_citron_citron_1emu_NativeLibrary_areKeysPresent(JNIEnv* env, j
 jboolean Java_org_citron_citron_1emu_NativeLibrary_dumpRomFS(JNIEnv* env, jobject jobj,
                                                          jstring jgamePath, jstring jprogramId,
                                                          jstring jdumpPath, jobject jcallback) {
+    // Check if emulation is running - dumping while emulation is active can cause crashes
+    if (EmulationSession::GetInstance().IsRunning()) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Frontend, "Cannot dump RomFS while emulation is running. Please close the game first.");
+        return false;
+    }
+
     const auto game_path = Common::Android::GetJString(env, jgamePath);
     const auto program_id = EmulationSession::GetProgramId(env, jprogramId);
 
@@ -1040,6 +1046,12 @@ jboolean Java_org_citron_citron_1emu_NativeLibrary_dumpRomFS(JNIEnv* env, jobjec
 jboolean Java_org_citron_citron_1emu_NativeLibrary_dumpExeFS(JNIEnv* env, jobject jobj,
                                                           jstring jgamePath, jstring jprogramId,
                                                           jstring jdumpPath, jobject jcallback) {
+    // Check if emulation is running - dumping while emulation is active can cause crashes
+    if (EmulationSession::GetInstance().IsRunning()) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Frontend, "Cannot dump ExeFS while emulation is running. Please close the game first.");
+        return false;
+    }
+
     const auto game_path = Common::Android::GetJString(env, jgamePath);
     const auto program_id = EmulationSession::GetProgramId(env, jprogramId);