diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/CommandProcessor.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/CommandProcessor.cpp
index 38b342b76c..4fd7e88f5e 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/CommandProcessor.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/CommandProcessor.cpp
@@ -596,8 +596,8 @@ void SetCpStatusRegister()
 	// Here always there is one fifo attached to the GPU
 		
 	m_CPStatusReg.Breakpoint = fifo.bFF_Breakpoint;
-	m_CPStatusReg.ReadIdle = (fifo.CPReadPointer == fifo.CPWritePointer) || (fifo.CPReadPointer == fifo.CPBreakpoint);
-	m_CPStatusReg.CommandIdle = !fifo.CPReadWriteDistance;
+	m_CPStatusReg.ReadIdle = (fifo.CPReadPointer == fifo.CPWritePointer) || (fifo.CPReadPointer == fifo.CPBreakpoint) ;
+	m_CPStatusReg.CommandIdle = !fifo.CPReadWriteDistance || (IsOnThread() && PixelEngine::WaitingForPEInterrupt());
 	m_CPStatusReg.UnderflowLoWatermark = fifo.bFF_LoWatermark;
 	m_CPStatusReg.OverflowHiWatermark = fifo.bFF_HiWatermark;
 
@@ -620,6 +620,7 @@ void SetCpControlRegister()
 
 	if (!fifo.bFF_GPReadEnable && m_CPCtrlReg.GPReadEnable && !m_CPCtrlReg.BPEnable)
 	{
+		ProcessFifoEvents();
 		PixelEngine::ResetSetFinish();			
 	}
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/Fifo.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/Fifo.cpp
index 5cb3252816..2e60055c97 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/Fifo.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/Fifo.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "Atomic.h"
 #include "OpcodeDecoding.h"
 #include "CommandProcessor.h"
+#include "PixelEngine.h"
 #include "ChunkFile.h"
 #include "Fifo.h"
 #include "HW/Memmap.h"
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ void RunGpuLoop()
 				
 		CommandProcessor::SetCpStatus();
 		// check if we are able to run this buffer	
-		while (!CommandProcessor::interruptWaiting && fifo.bFF_GPReadEnable && fifo.CPReadWriteDistance && !AtBreakpoint())
+		while (GpuRunningState && !CommandProcessor::interruptWaiting && fifo.bFF_GPReadEnable && fifo.CPReadWriteDistance && !AtBreakpoint() && !PixelEngine::WaitingForPEInterrupt())
 		{
 			if (!GpuRunningState) break;
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/PixelEngine.cpp b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/PixelEngine.cpp
index ec0683742f..09cb9b8a5c 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/PixelEngine.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/PixelEngine.cpp
@@ -468,4 +468,9 @@ void ResetSetToken()
 	}
 	CommandProcessor::interruptTokenWaiting = false;
 }
+
+bool WaitingForPEInterrupt()
+{
+	return CommandProcessor::interruptFinishWaiting  || CommandProcessor::interruptTokenWaiting || interruptSetFinish || interruptSetToken;
+}
 } // end of namespace PixelEngine
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/PixelEngine.h b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/PixelEngine.h
index dd0304fbe1..5e64300ef3 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/PixelEngine.h
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/Src/PixelEngine.h
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ void SetToken(const u16 _token, const int _bSetTokenAcknowledge);
 void SetFinish(void);
 void ResetSetFinish(void);
 void ResetSetToken(void);
-bool AllowIdleSkipping();
+bool WaitingForPEInterrupt();
 
 // Bounding box functionality. Paper Mario (both) are a couple of the few games that use it.
 extern u16 bbox[4];