diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/Interpreter/Interpreter_Branch.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/Interpreter/Interpreter_Branch.cpp
index 67f2707e9a..d642ad897c 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/Interpreter/Interpreter_Branch.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/Interpreter/Interpreter_Branch.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ void Interpreter::bx(UGeckoInstruction _inst)
 #endif*/
 
 	m_EndBlock = true;
+
+	if (NPC == PC && SConfig::GetInstance().bSkipIdle)
+	{
+		CoreTiming::Idle();
+	}
 }
 
 // bcx - ugly, straight from PPC manual equations :)
@@ -50,6 +55,23 @@ void Interpreter::bcx(UGeckoInstruction _inst)
 	}
 
 	m_EndBlock = true;
+
+	// this code trys to detect the most common idle loop:
+	// lwz r0, XXXX(r13)
+	// cmpXwi r0,0
+	// beq -8
+	if (NPC == PC - 8 && _inst.hex == 0x4182fff8 /* beq */ && SConfig::GetInstance().bSkipIdle)
+	{
+		if (PowerPC::HostRead_U32(PC - 8) >> 16 == 0x800D /* lwz */ )
+		{
+			u32 last_inst = PowerPC::HostRead_U32(PC - 4);
+
+			if (last_inst == 0x28000000 /* cmplwi */ || (last_inst == 0x2C000000 /* cmpwi */ && SConfig::GetInstance().bWii))
+			{
+				CoreTiming::Idle();
+			}
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 void Interpreter::bcctrx(UGeckoInstruction _inst)
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/Jit64/Jit_LoadStore.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/Jit64/Jit_LoadStore.cpp
index 74bbe9d407..03c426e24c 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/Jit64/Jit_LoadStore.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/Jit64/Jit_LoadStore.cpp
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ void Jit64::lXXx(UGeckoInstruction inst)
 		BitSet32 registersInUse = CallerSavedRegistersInUse();
 		ABI_PushRegistersAndAdjustStack(registersInUse, 0);
 
-		ABI_CallFunction((void *)&PowerPC::OnIdle);
+		ABI_CallFunction((void *)&CoreTiming::Idle);
 
 		ABI_PopRegistersAndAdjustStack(registersInUse, 0);
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/Jit64IL/IR_X86.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/Jit64IL/IR_X86.cpp
index 17007be31f..399f1cbd6c 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/Jit64IL/IR_X86.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/Jit64IL/IR_X86.cpp
@@ -2111,7 +2111,7 @@ static void DoWriteCode(IRBuilder* ibuild, JitIL* Jit, u32 exitAddress)
 			FixupBranch noidle = Jit->J_CC(CC_NZ);
 
 			RI.Jit->Cleanup(); // is it needed?
-			Jit->ABI_CallFunction((void *)&PowerPC::OnIdle);
+			Jit->ABI_CallFunction((void *)&CoreTiming::Idle);
 
 			Jit->MOV(32, PPCSTATE(pc), Imm32(ibuild->GetImmValue( getOp2(I) )));
 			Jit->WriteExceptionExit();
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/JitArm64/JitArm64_LoadStore.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/JitArm64/JitArm64_LoadStore.cpp
index 19433dcda0..4964e2e3e1 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/JitArm64/JitArm64_LoadStore.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/JitArm64/JitArm64_LoadStore.cpp
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ void JitArm64::lXX(UGeckoInstruction inst)
 		ARM64Reg WA = gpr.GetReg();
 		ARM64Reg XA = EncodeRegTo64(WA);
 
-		MOVI2R(XA, (u64)&PowerPC::OnIdle);
+		MOVI2R(XA, (u64)&CoreTiming::Idle);
 		BLR(XA);
 
 		gpr.Unlock(WA);
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/PowerPC.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/PowerPC.cpp
index 27274d51e7..057d41730f 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/PowerPC.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/PowerPC.cpp
@@ -529,11 +529,6 @@ void CheckBreakPoints()
 	}
 }
 
-void OnIdle()
-{
-	CoreTiming::Idle();
-}
-
 }  // namespace
 
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/PowerPC.h b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/PowerPC.h
index 67a0f9d85f..1ad1bc8f62 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/PowerPC.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/PowerPC.h
@@ -163,8 +163,6 @@ volatile CPUState *GetStatePtr();  // this oddity is here instead of an extern d
 u32 CompactCR();
 void ExpandCR(u32 cr);
 
-void OnIdle();
-
 void UpdatePerformanceMonitor(u32 cycles, u32 num_load_stores, u32 num_fp_inst);
 
 // Easy register access macros.