diff --git a/scripts/exporter/retrodeck_exporter.py b/scripts/exporter/retrodeck_exporter.py
index 9794781c..157b077d 100644
--- a/scripts/exporter/retrodeck_exporter.py
+++ b/scripts/exporter/retrodeck_exporter.py
@@ -104,8 +104,11 @@ class Exporter(BaseExporter):
 
         A component is one emulator's manifest, and only the platform's
         entries name it. A system whose entries all sit in one component
-        takes the addition there. One spread over several, or with none of
-        its own, cannot say which manifest is meant, and the addition is
+        takes the addition there, when a core reading the file is that
+        component's emulator: armsx2's flash.dat is no file PCSX2 opens, and
+        beetle_psx's scph5903.bin none DuckStation's manifest should ask for.
+        One spread over several, with none of its own, or of another
+        emulator cannot say which manifest is meant, and the addition is
         left out and counted as such.
         """
         for system in systems.values():
@@ -118,7 +121,10 @@ class Exporter(BaseExporter):
                 continue
             component = components.pop()
             for fe in system.files:
-                if fe.platform is None and fe.truth is not None:
+                if fe.platform is None and fe.truth is not None and any(
+                    name == component if standalone else component == "retroarch"
+                    for standalone, name in fe.runners
+                ):
                     fe.truth = {**fe.truth, "component": component}
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/tests/test_exporters.py b/tests/test_exporters.py
index e661ecf3..9834f56f 100644
--- a/tests/test_exporters.py
+++ b/tests/test_exporters.py
@@ -1724,5 +1724,25 @@ class RocknixRunnersFollowTheBuild(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(EMULATORS_MK)
 
 
+class RetroDeckAdditionsFollowTheirCore(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Every RetroDECK ps2 entry sits in the pcsx2 component, so every ps2
+    addition went into PCSX2's manifest, armsx2's flash.dat included: a file
+    PCSX2 never opens, asked of PCSX2 users and counted as added."""
+
+    def test_only_the_components_emulator_places_a_file(self):
+        exporter = discover_exporters()["retrodeck"]()
+        own = NativeFile("scph39001.bin", "bios/scph39001.bin", "ps2",
+                         platform={"md5": "0" * 32, "component": "pcsx2"})
+        read_by_pcsx2 = NativeFile("rom1.bin", "bios/rom1.bin", "ps2",
+                                   truth={"md5": "1" * 32}, runners=[(True, "pcsx2")])
+        read_by_armsx2 = NativeFile("flash.dat", "bios/flash.dat", "ps2",
+                                    truth={"md5": "2" * 32}, runners=[(False, "armsx2")])
+        system = NativeSystem("ps2", "PS2", from_platform=True,
+                              files=[own, read_by_pcsx2, read_by_armsx2])
+        exporter._place_additions({"ps2": system})
+        self.assertEqual(read_by_pcsx2.native("component", ""), "pcsx2")
+        self.assertEqual(read_by_armsx2.native("component", ""), "")
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()