diff --git a/Core/CoreTiming.cpp b/Core/CoreTiming.cpp
index 1c148c86c3..1f41a6f802 100644
--- a/Core/CoreTiming.cpp
+++ b/Core/CoreTiming.cpp
@@ -573,6 +573,10 @@ void ForceCheck()
 	currentMIPS->downcount = -1;
 	// But let's not eat a bunch more time in Advance() because of this.
 	slicelength = -1;
+
+#ifdef _DEBUG
+	_dbg_assert_msg_(CPU, cyclesExecuted >= 0, "Shouldn't have a negative cyclesExecuted");
+#endif
 }
 
 void Advance()
@@ -613,7 +617,7 @@ void LogPendingEvents()
 	Event *ptr = first;
 	while (ptr)
 	{
-		//INFO_LOG(TIMER, "PENDING: Now: %lld Pending: %lld Type: %d", globalTimer, ptr->time, ptr->type);
+		//INFO_LOG(CPU, "PENDING: Now: %lld Pending: %lld Type: %d", globalTimer, ptr->time, ptr->type);
 		ptr = ptr->next;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/GPU/Debugger/Record.cpp b/GPU/Debugger/Record.cpp
index 5e4d250a07..e5a85b6a44 100644
--- a/GPU/Debugger/Record.cpp
+++ b/GPU/Debugger/Record.cpp
@@ -767,7 +767,10 @@ static bool ExecuteSubmitCmds(void *p, u32 sz) {
 
 	execListQueue.clear();
 	gpu->UpdateStall(execListID, execListPos);
-	currentMIPS->downcount -= gpu->GetListTicks(execListID) - CoreTiming::GetTicks();
+	s64 listTicks = gpu->GetListTicks(execListID);
+	if (listTicks != -1) {
+		currentMIPS->downcount -= listTicks - CoreTiming::GetTicks();
+	}
 
 	// Make sure downcount doesn't overflow.
 	CoreTiming::ForceCheck();