diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/CoreTiming.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/CoreTiming.cpp
index fb1c15dbe5..eb7b537a61 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/CoreTiming.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/CoreTiming.cpp
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ void CoreTimingManager::Throttle(const s64 target_cycle)
   const s64 cycles = target_cycle - m_throttle_last_cycle;
 
   // Prevent any throttling code if the amount of time passed is < ~0.122ms
-  if (cycles < (m_throttle_clock_per_sec >> 13))
+  if (cycles < m_throttle_min_clock_per_sleep)
     return;
 
   m_throttle_last_cycle = target_cycle;
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ void CoreTimingManager::LogPendingEvents() const
 void CoreTimingManager::AdjustEventQueueTimes(u32 new_ppc_clock, u32 old_ppc_clock)
 {
   m_throttle_clock_per_sec = new_ppc_clock;
+  m_throttle_min_clock_per_sleep = new_ppc_clock / 1200;
 
   for (Event& ev : m_event_queue)
   {
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/CoreTiming.h b/Source/Core/Core/CoreTiming.h
index 5918e0f353..1a860c5fa5 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/CoreTiming.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/CoreTiming.h
@@ -140,6 +140,11 @@ public:
   // Directly accessed by the JIT.
   Globals& GetGlobals() { return m_globals; }
 
+  // Throttle the CPU to the specified target cycle.
+  // Never used outside of CoreTiming, however it remains public
+  // in order to allow custom throttling implementations to be tested.
+  void Throttle(const s64 target_cycle);
+
   TimePoint GetCPUTimePoint(s64 cyclesLate) const;  // Used by Dolphin Analytics
 
 private:
@@ -178,8 +183,7 @@ private:
   s64 m_throttle_last_cycle = 0;
   TimePoint m_throttle_deadline = Clock::now();
   s64 m_throttle_clock_per_sec;
-
-  void Throttle(const s64 target_cycle);
+  s64 m_throttle_min_clock_per_sleep;
 
   int DowncountToCycles(int downcount) const;
   int CyclesToDowncount(int cycles) const;