diff --git a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 25b22a2815..f558f5a585 100644
--- a/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ add_library(common STATIC
     logging/types.h
     lz4_compression.cpp
     lz4_compression.h
+    make_unique_for_overwrite.h
     math_util.h
     memory_detect.cpp
     memory_detect.h
diff --git a/src/common/make_unique_for_overwrite.h b/src/common/make_unique_for_overwrite.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7413cf510
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/make_unique_for_overwrite.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2022 yuzu Emulator Project
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <type_traits>
+
+namespace Common {
+
+template <class T>
+requires(!std::is_array_v<T>) std::unique_ptr<T> make_unique_for_overwrite() {
+    return std::unique_ptr<T>(new T);
+}
+
+template <class T>
+requires std::is_unbounded_array_v<T> std::unique_ptr<T> make_unique_for_overwrite(std::size_t n) {
+    return std::unique_ptr<T>(new std::remove_extent_t<T>[n]);
+}
+
+template <class T, class... Args>
+requires std::is_bounded_array_v<T>
+void make_unique_for_overwrite(Args&&...) = delete;
+
+} // namespace Common