diff --git a/src/core/arm/dynarmic/arm_dynarmic_32.cpp b/src/core/arm/dynarmic/arm_dynarmic_32.cpp
index b8d2ce224b..99fab6384e 100644
--- a/src/core/arm/dynarmic/arm_dynarmic_32.cpp
+++ b/src/core/arm/dynarmic/arm_dynarmic_32.cpp
@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ public:
     }
 
     void AddTicks(u64 ticks) override {
-        ASSERT_MSG(!parent.uses_wall_clock, "This should never happen - dynarmic ticking disabled");
+        if (parent.uses_wall_clock) {
+            return;
+        }
 
         // Divide the number of ticks by the amount of CPU cores. TODO(Subv): This yields only a
         // rough approximation of the amount of executed ticks in the system, it may be thrown off
@@ -142,7 +144,12 @@ public:
     }
 
     u64 GetTicksRemaining() override {
-        ASSERT_MSG(!parent.uses_wall_clock, "This should never happen - dynarmic ticking disabled");
+        if (parent.uses_wall_clock) {
+            if (!parent.interrupt_handlers[parent.core_index].IsInterrupted()) {
+                return minimum_run_cycles;
+            }
+            return 0U;
+        }
 
         return std::max<s64>(parent.system.CoreTiming().GetDowncount(), 0);
     }
@@ -172,7 +179,7 @@ public:
     Core::Memory::Memory& memory;
     std::size_t num_interpreted_instructions{};
     bool debugger_enabled{};
-    static constexpr u64 minimum_run_cycles = 1000U;
+    static constexpr u64 minimum_run_cycles = 10000U;
 };
 
 std::shared_ptr<Dynarmic::A32::Jit> ARM_Dynarmic_32::MakeJit(Common::PageTable* page_table) const {
@@ -200,7 +207,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<Dynarmic::A32::Jit> ARM_Dynarmic_32::MakeJit(Common::PageTable*
 
     // Timing
     config.wall_clock_cntpct = uses_wall_clock;
-    config.enable_cycle_counting = !uses_wall_clock;
+    config.enable_cycle_counting = true;
 
     // Code cache size
     config.code_cache_size = 512_MiB;
diff --git a/src/core/arm/dynarmic/arm_dynarmic_64.cpp b/src/core/arm/dynarmic/arm_dynarmic_64.cpp
index 1a4d37cbc6..a91b587ce3 100644
--- a/src/core/arm/dynarmic/arm_dynarmic_64.cpp
+++ b/src/core/arm/dynarmic/arm_dynarmic_64.cpp
@@ -166,7 +166,9 @@ public:
     }
 
     void AddTicks(u64 ticks) override {
-        ASSERT_MSG(!parent.uses_wall_clock, "This should never happen - dynarmic ticking disabled");
+        if (parent.uses_wall_clock) {
+            return;
+        }
 
         // Divide the number of ticks by the amount of CPU cores. TODO(Subv): This yields only a
         // rough approximation of the amount of executed ticks in the system, it may be thrown off
@@ -181,7 +183,12 @@ public:
     }
 
     u64 GetTicksRemaining() override {
-        ASSERT_MSG(!parent.uses_wall_clock, "This should never happen - dynarmic ticking disabled");
+        if (parent.uses_wall_clock) {
+            if (!parent.interrupt_handlers[parent.core_index].IsInterrupted()) {
+                return minimum_run_cycles;
+            }
+            return 0U;
+        }
 
         return std::max<s64>(parent.system.CoreTiming().GetDowncount(), 0);
     }
@@ -216,7 +223,7 @@ public:
     u64 tpidrro_el0 = 0;
     u64 tpidr_el0 = 0;
     bool debugger_enabled{};
-    static constexpr u64 minimum_run_cycles = 1000U;
+    static constexpr u64 minimum_run_cycles = 10000U;
 };
 
 std::shared_ptr<Dynarmic::A64::Jit> ARM_Dynarmic_64::MakeJit(Common::PageTable* page_table,
@@ -260,7 +267,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<Dynarmic::A64::Jit> ARM_Dynarmic_64::MakeJit(Common::PageTable*
 
     // Timing
     config.wall_clock_cntpct = uses_wall_clock;
-    config.enable_cycle_counting = !uses_wall_clock;
+    config.enable_cycle_counting = true;
 
     // Code cache size
     config.code_cache_size = 512_MiB;