diff --git a/rpcs3/Input/gui_pad_thread.cpp b/rpcs3/Input/gui_pad_thread.cpp
index 3844d7ba9e..aa6e2a9d77 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Input/gui_pad_thread.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Input/gui_pad_thread.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #endif
 #include "Emu/Io/PadHandler.h"
 #include "Emu/system_config.h"
-#include "Utilities/Thread.h"
 #include "rpcs3qt/gui_settings.h"
 
 #ifdef __linux__
@@ -43,16 +42,16 @@ atomic_t<bool> gui_pad_thread::m_reset = false;
 
 gui_pad_thread::gui_pad_thread()
 {
-	m_thread = std::make_unique<std::thread>(&gui_pad_thread::run, this);
+	m_thread = std::make_unique<named_thread<std::function<void()>>>("Gui Pad Thread", [this](){ run(); });
 }
 
 gui_pad_thread::~gui_pad_thread()
 {
-	m_terminate = true;
-
-	if (m_thread && m_thread->joinable())
+	if (m_thread)
 	{
-		m_thread->join();
+		auto& thread = *m_thread;
+		thread = thread_state::aborting;
+		thread();
 		m_thread.reset();
 	}
 
@@ -253,13 +252,11 @@ void gui_pad_thread::InitPadConfig(cfg_pad& cfg, pad_handler type, std::shared_p
 
 void gui_pad_thread::run()
 {
-	thread_base::set_name("Gui Pad Thread");
-
 	gui_log.notice("gui_pad_thread: Pad thread started");
 
 	m_reset = true;
 
-	while (!m_terminate)
+	while (thread_ctrl::state() != thread_state::aborting)
 	{
 		if (m_reset && m_reset.exchange(false))
 		{
@@ -275,7 +272,7 @@ void gui_pad_thread::run()
 		{
 			m_handler->process();
 
-			if (m_terminate)
+			if (thread_ctrl::state() == thread_state::aborting)
 			{
 				break;
 			}
@@ -283,12 +280,7 @@ void gui_pad_thread::run()
 			process_input();
 		}
 
-		if (m_terminate)
-		{
-			break;
-		}
-
-		std::this_thread::sleep_for(10ms);
+		thread_ctrl::wait_for(10000);
 	}
 
 	gui_log.notice("gui_pad_thread: Pad thread stopped");
diff --git a/rpcs3/Input/gui_pad_thread.h b/rpcs3/Input/gui_pad_thread.h
index 235d97e8b1..dc04fb456f 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Input/gui_pad_thread.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Input/gui_pad_thread.h
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 #include "Emu/Io/pad_config.h"
 #include "Emu/Io/pad_config_types.h"
 #include "Utilities/Timer.h"
-
-#include <thread>
+#include "Utilities/Thread.h"
 
 class PadHandlerBase;
 class gui_settings;
@@ -62,8 +61,7 @@ protected:
 	std::shared_ptr<PadHandlerBase> m_handler;
 	std::shared_ptr<Pad> m_pad;
 
-	std::unique_ptr<std::thread> m_thread;
-	atomic_t<bool> m_terminate = false;
+	std::unique_ptr<named_thread<std::function<void()>>> m_thread;
 	atomic_t<bool> m_allow_global_input = false;
 	static atomic_t<bool> m_reset;