diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index af727a99d..0080e7c0c 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Other fixes:
  - Core: Fix crash modifying hash table entry (fixes mgba.io/i/1673)
  - GB Video: Fix some cases where SGB border doesn't draw to mutli-buffers
  - GBA: Reject incorrectly sized BIOSes
+ - GBA: Break infinite loop for 0-frame mVLs (fixes mgba.io/i/1723)
  - Debugger: Don't skip undefined instructions when debugger attached
  - Qt: Force OpenGL paint engine creation thread (fixes mgba.io/i/1642)
  - Qt: Fix OpenGL 2.1 support (fixes mgba.io/i/1678)
diff --git a/src/gba/core.c b/src/gba/core.c
index b1110c5e2..224d03f76 100644
--- a/src/gba/core.c
+++ b/src/gba/core.c
@@ -643,7 +643,8 @@ static void _GBACoreReset(struct mCore* core) {
 static void _GBACoreRunFrame(struct mCore* core) {
 	struct GBA* gba = core->board;
 	int32_t frameCounter = gba->video.frameCounter;
-	while (gba->video.frameCounter == frameCounter) {
+	uint32_t startCycle = mTimingCurrentTime(&gba->timing);
+	while (gba->video.frameCounter == frameCounter && mTimingCurrentTime(&gba->timing) - startCycle < VIDEO_TOTAL_LENGTH) {
 		ARMRunLoop(core->cpu);
 	}
 }