diff --git a/src/gba/gba-memory.c b/src/gba/gba-memory.c
index 9722d5309..c9f45f735 100644
--- a/src/gba/gba-memory.c
+++ b/src/gba/gba-memory.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include "hle-bios.h"
 #include "util/memory.h"
 
-#define IDLE_LOOP_THRESHOLD 200
+#define IDLE_LOOP_THRESHOLD 10000
 
 static uint32_t _popcount32(unsigned bits);
 static uint32_t _deadbeef[2] = { 0xDEADBEEF, 0xFEEDFACE };