diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/StaticRecomp/StaticRecompCore.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/StaticRecomp/StaticRecompCore.cpp
index e3581cc938..eb1f18da9b 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/StaticRecomp/StaticRecompCore.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/StaticRecomp/StaticRecompCore.cpp
@@ -348,8 +348,35 @@ void StaticRecompCore::LoadModule()
                  desc->num_smc_ranges);
 }
 
+
+bool StaticRecompCore::IsBusyWaitLoop(u32 address)
+{
+  // Analysis reads guest memory and is not meaningful while a debugger or
+  // branch watch is active, both of which want every block to actually execute.
+  if (IsDebuggingEnabled() || IsBranchWatchEnabled())
+    return false;
+
+  const auto cached = m_busy_wait_cache.find(address);
+  if (cached != m_busy_wait_cache.end())
+    return cached->second;
+
+  constexpr std::size_t max_loop_instructions = 64;
+  analyzer.Analyze(address, &code_block, &m_code_buffer,
+                   std::min(max_loop_instructions, m_code_buffer.size()));
+
+  const bool is_busy_wait = !code_block.m_memory_exception &&
+                            std::any_of(m_code_buffer.begin(),
+                                        m_code_buffer.begin() + code_block.m_num_instructions,
+                                        [address](const PPCAnalyst::CodeOp& op) {
+                                          return op.branchIsIdleLoop && op.branchTo == address;
+                                        });
+  m_busy_wait_cache.emplace(address, is_busy_wait);
+  return is_busy_wait;
+}
+
 void StaticRecompCore::ClearCache()
 {
+  m_busy_wait_cache.clear();
   if (m_fallback_jit)
     m_fallback_jit->ClearCache();
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/StaticRecomp/StaticRecompCore.h b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/StaticRecomp/StaticRecompCore.h
index d084fea634..ea86cacea3 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/StaticRecomp/StaticRecompCore.h
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/StaticRecomp/StaticRecompCore.h
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ class StaticRecompCore : public JitBase
   bool IsHostCallAddress(u32 address) const;
   bool ShouldYieldAt(u32 address);
 
+  // True when `address` is the head of a guest busy-wait loop, so the
+  // dispatcher can hand the remaining slice back to CoreTiming instead of
+  // spinning through it in real time.
+  bool IsBusyWaitLoop(u32 address);
+
   void ClearCache() override;
   void Jit(u32 em_address) override {}
   bool HandleFault(uintptr_t access_address, SContext* ctx) override { return false; }
@@ -175,6 +180,9 @@ class StaticRecompCore : public JitBase
   u64 m_hook_fallback_instructions = 0;
   u64 m_timebase_cycle_remainder = 0;
   std::unordered_map<u32, u64> m_dispatch_samples;
+  // Analysis result per loop-head address. Invalidated whenever guest code
+  // could have changed (ClearCache, SMC re-verification, REL relink).
+  std::unordered_map<u32, bool> m_busy_wait_cache;
   u64 m_bursts = 0;          // SyncIn..SyncOut native runs (diagnostic)
   u64 m_charged_cycles = 0;  // cycles flushed from module charges (diagnostic)
 
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/StaticRecomp/StaticRecompCore_Run.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/StaticRecomp/StaticRecompCore_Run.cpp
index d91ec2dc19..21e87366e7 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/StaticRecomp/StaticRecompCore_Run.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/StaticRecomp/StaticRecompCore_Run.cpp
@@ -182,7 +182,14 @@ void StaticRecompCore::Run()
           m_timebase_cycle_remainder = total_cycles % SystemTimers::TIMER_RATIO;
 
           // Idle loop skipping for configured target loops (e.g. Wii Menu OSIdleThread)
-          if (m_guest.pc == m_idle_pc && m_idle_pc != 0)
+          // A configured idle PC only covers loops we already know about. A
+          // dispatch that returns to the address it entered at is a self-loop,
+          // and if the analyzer agrees it is an idle loop there is nothing to
+          // gain from spinning it in real time.
+          const bool configured_idle = m_idle_pc != 0 && m_guest.pc == m_idle_pc;
+          const bool detected_idle = m_guest.pc == runtime_dispatch_address &&
+                                     IsBusyWaitLoop(runtime_dispatch_address);
+          if (configured_idle || detected_idle)
           {
             m_system.GetCoreTiming().Idle();
           }
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/StaticRecomp/StaticRecompCore_SMC.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/StaticRecomp/StaticRecompCore_SMC.cpp
index 491c57ef3a..fcea661044 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/StaticRecomp/StaticRecompCore_SMC.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/PowerPC/StaticRecomp/StaticRecompCore_SMC.cpp
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ void StaticRecompCore::RefreshRelSections()
     if (m_chunk_state[i] == CHUNK_FAILED && m_failed_chunks != 0)
       --m_failed_chunks;
     m_chunk_state[i] = CHUNK_UNVERIFIED;
+    m_busy_wait_cache.clear();
     m_effective_chunk_hashes[i] = m_module->chunk_hashes[i];
   }
 }