diff --git a/src/core/hle/kernel/svc.cpp b/src/core/hle/kernel/svc.cpp
index e5d4d6b55337270f995c7a8f386be255ff061258..bb12f9ac7cf5db88e197d7359c8c8938dbd07f73 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/kernel/svc.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/kernel/svc.cpp
@@ -1776,7 +1776,7 @@ static ResultCode SetThreadCoreMask(Core::System& system, Handle thread_handle,
 
     if (core == OnlyChangeMask) {
         core = thread->GetIdealCore();
-    } else if (core >= Core::NUM_CPU_CORES && core != static_cast<u32>(-1)) {
+    } else if (core >= Core::NUM_CPU_CORES && core != static_cast<u32>(THREADPROCESSORID_DONT_UPDATE)) {
         LOG_ERROR(Kernel_SVC, "Invalid core specified, got {}", core);
         return ERR_INVALID_PROCESSOR_ID;
     }
diff --git a/src/core/hle/kernel/thread.h b/src/core/hle/kernel/thread.h
index 83c83e45a55af1f0c6777dbe34853538a131e223..c340a801d3a9ef61610b45b32ab5a7703b8b3467 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/kernel/thread.h
+++ b/src/core/hle/kernel/thread.h
@@ -30,12 +30,21 @@ enum ThreadPriority : u32 {
 };
 
 enum ThreadProcessorId : s32 {
-    THREADPROCESSORID_IDEAL = -2, ///< Run thread on the ideal core specified by the process.
-    THREADPROCESSORID_0 = 0,      ///< Run thread on core 0
-    THREADPROCESSORID_1 = 1,      ///< Run thread on core 1
-    THREADPROCESSORID_2 = 2,      ///< Run thread on core 2
-    THREADPROCESSORID_3 = 3,      ///< Run thread on core 3
-    THREADPROCESSORID_MAX = 4,    ///< Processor ID must be less than this
+    /// Indicates that no particular processor core is preferred.
+    THREADPROCESSORID_DONT_CARE = -1,
+
+    /// Run thread on the ideal core specified by the process.
+    THREADPROCESSORID_IDEAL = -2,
+
+    /// Indicates that the preferred processor ID shouldn't be updated in
+    /// a core mask setting operation.
+    THREADPROCESSORID_DONT_UPDATE = -3,
+
+    THREADPROCESSORID_0 = 0,   ///< Run thread on core 0
+    THREADPROCESSORID_1 = 1,   ///< Run thread on core 1
+    THREADPROCESSORID_2 = 2,   ///< Run thread on core 2
+    THREADPROCESSORID_3 = 3,   ///< Run thread on core 3
+    THREADPROCESSORID_MAX = 4, ///< Processor ID must be less than this
 
     /// Allowed CPU mask
     THREADPROCESSORID_DEFAULT_MASK = (1 << THREADPROCESSORID_0) | (1 << THREADPROCESSORID_1) |