diff --git a/ps2xRecomp/src/lib/elf_parser.cpp b/ps2xRecomp/src/lib/elf_parser.cpp
index 91e43ee32..865dd6aad 100644
--- a/ps2xRecomp/src/lib/elf_parser.cpp
+++ b/ps2xRecomp/src/lib/elf_parser.cpp
@@ -986,6 +986,7 @@ namespace ps2recomp
         int skippedNonExecutable = 0;
         int skippedInvalidRange = 0;
         std::unordered_set<uint32_t> mapStarts;
+        std::vector<Function> mapFunctions;
         while (std::getline(file, line))
         {
             if (line.empty())
@@ -1029,7 +1030,7 @@ namespace ps2recomp
                 func.isStub = false;
                 func.isSkipped = false;
 
-                m_extraFunctions.push_back(std::move(func));
+                mapFunctions.push_back(std::move(func));
                 mapStarts.insert(start);
                 count++;
             }
@@ -1062,14 +1063,27 @@ namespace ps2recomp
                 }
             }
 
+            // An explicit function map is authoritative over the internal JAL-target
+            // scan. Those carvings end at the next JAL target or, for the last one in
+            // a region, at the end of the code section - which on single-PROGBITS
+            // executables runs straight through interleaved rodata. Because both the
+            // carvings ("sub_") and typical map names ("FUN_") count as
+            // auto-generated, a carving sharing a start with a map row used to
+            // survive this purge and then win the "larger end" tie-break below,
+            // replacing precise bounds with runaway ones. Drop every auto-named
+            // carving instead, then append the map rows.
             m_extraFunctions.erase(
                 std::remove_if(m_extraFunctions.begin(), m_extraFunctions.end(),
                                [&](const Function &func)
                                {
-                                   return IsAutoGeneratedName(func.name) && !mapStarts.contains(func.start);
+                                   return IsAutoGeneratedName(func.name);
                                }),
                 m_extraFunctions.end());
 
+            m_extraFunctions.insert(m_extraFunctions.end(),
+                                    std::make_move_iterator(mapFunctions.begin()),
+                                    std::make_move_iterator(mapFunctions.end()));
+
             std::sort(m_extraFunctions.begin(), m_extraFunctions.end(),
                       [](const Function &a, const Function &b)
                       {