diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/FifoPlayer/FifoPlayer.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/FifoPlayer/FifoPlayer.cpp
index d6c249293c..1e278d38ea 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/FifoPlayer/FifoPlayer.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/FifoPlayer/FifoPlayer.cpp
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ void FifoPlayer::WriteFrame(const FifoFrameInfo& frame, const AnalyzedFrameInfo&
   FlushWGP();
 
   // Sleep while the GPU is active
-  while (!IsIdleSet())
+  while (!IsIdleSet() && CPU::GetState() != CPU::State::PowerDown)
   {
     CoreTiming::Idle();
     CoreTiming::Advance();