diff --git a/Core/CoreTiming.cpp b/Core/CoreTiming.cpp
index 8a9f03b46f..c01e293461 100644
--- a/Core/CoreTiming.cpp
+++ b/Core/CoreTiming.cpp
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ void Shutdown()
 
 u64 GetTicks()
 {
-	return (u64)globalTimer; 
+	return (u64)globalTimer + slicelength - downcount;
 }
 
 u64 GetIdleTicks()
diff --git a/GPU/GLES/DisplayListInterpreter.cpp b/GPU/GLES/DisplayListInterpreter.cpp
index 7b3f0c496b..5011c74dc9 100644
--- a/GPU/GLES/DisplayListInterpreter.cpp
+++ b/GPU/GLES/DisplayListInterpreter.cpp
@@ -981,6 +981,10 @@ bool GLES_GPU::InterpretList()
 	finished = false;
 	while (!finished)
 	{
+		if (!Memory::IsValidAddress(dcontext.pc)) {
+			ERROR_LOG(G3D, "DL PC = %08x WTF!!!!", dcontext.pc);
+			return true;
+		}
 		if (dcontext.pc == dcontext.stallAddr)
 			return false;