diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/SysCalls/Modules/cellSpursSpu.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/SysCalls/Modules/cellSpursSpu.cpp
index 9070a8ce8e..d1dc487eeb 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/SysCalls/Modules/cellSpursSpu.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/SysCalls/Modules/cellSpursSpu.cpp
@@ -524,6 +524,13 @@ bool spursKernelWorkloadExit(SPUThread & spu) {
 
 /// SPURS kernel entry point
 bool spursKernelEntry(SPUThread & spu) {
+    while (true) {
+        std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
+        if (Emu.IsStopped()) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
     auto ctxt = vm::get_ptr<SpursKernelContext>(spu.ls_offset + 0x100);
     memset(ctxt, 0, sizeof(SpursKernelContext));