diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/CPU/CPUThread.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/CPU/CPUThread.cpp
index 98f806480a..ffbe3d98ab 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/CPU/CPUThread.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/CPU/CPUThread.cpp
@@ -315,7 +315,6 @@ void cpu_thread::operator()()
 	if (!g_cpu_array_sema.try_inc(sizeof(g_cpu_array_bits) * 8))
 	{
 		sys_log.fatal("Too many threads.");
-		Emu.Pause();
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -389,7 +388,6 @@ void cpu_thread::operator()()
 			}
 			catch (const std::exception& e)
 			{
-				Emu.Pause();
 				sys_log.fatal("%s thrown: %s", typeid(e).name(), e.what());
 				sys_log.notice("\n%s", dump());
 				break;
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/SPURecompiler.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/SPURecompiler.cpp
index 2d5c481533..503a0aeceb 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/SPURecompiler.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/SPURecompiler.cpp
@@ -1083,7 +1083,6 @@ void spu_recompiler_base::dispatch(spu_thread& spu, void*, u8* rip)
 	if (!func)
 	{
 		spu_log.fatal("[0x%05x] Compilation failed.", spu.pc);
-		Emu.Pause();
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -1181,7 +1180,6 @@ void spu_recompiler_base::old_interpreter(spu_thread& spu, void* ls, u8* rip) tr
 }
 catch (const std::exception& e)
 {
-	Emu.Pause();
 	spu_log.fatal("%s thrown: %s", typeid(e).name(), e.what());
 	spu_log.notice("\n%s", spu.dump());
 }
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_fs.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_fs.cpp
index 66092d486e..d901ed7ec1 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_fs.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/sys_fs.cpp
@@ -1537,7 +1537,7 @@ error_code sys_fs_fcntl(ppu_thread& ppu, u32 fd, u32 op, vm::ptr<void> _arg, u32
 	}
 	}
 
-	sys_fs.fatal("sys_fs_fcntl(): Unknown operation 0x%08x (fd=%d, arg=*0x%x, size=0x%x)", op, fd, _arg, _size);
+	sys_fs.error("sys_fs_fcntl(): Unknown operation 0x%08x (fd=%d, arg=*0x%x, size=0x%x)", op, fd, _arg, _size);
 	return CELL_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Capture/rsx_replay.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Capture/rsx_replay.cpp
index 0208c13294..007bfd79c4 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Capture/rsx_replay.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Capture/rsx_replay.cpp
@@ -249,7 +249,6 @@ namespace rsx
 		catch (const std::exception& e)
 		{
 			rsx_log.fatal("%s thrown: %s", typeid(e).name(), e.what());
-			Emu.Pause();
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.cpp
index 4dc780740a..2b910da862 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/RSXThread.cpp
@@ -460,7 +460,6 @@ namespace rsx
 		catch (const std::exception& e)
 		{
 			rsx_log.fatal("%s thrown: %s", typeid(e).name(), e.what());
-			Emu.Pause();
 		}
 
 		on_exit();