diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
index 9147330fd8..256c1daf98 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
@@ -1705,7 +1705,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 
 			// realtime throttle is never going to be so exact that using a double here is wrong
 			_throttle.SetCoreFps(Global.Emulator.CoreComm.VsyncRate);
-			_throttle.signal_paused = EmulatorPaused || Global.Emulator.IsNull();
+			_throttle.signal_paused = EmulatorPaused;
 			_throttle.signal_unthrottle = _unthrottled || superfastforward;
 			_throttle.SetSpeedPercent(fastforward ? Global.Config.SpeedPercentAlternate : Global.Config.SpeedPercent);
 		}