diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/Src/CoreTiming.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/Src/CoreTiming.cpp
index a19d1c5cf8..525f7165f2 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/Src/CoreTiming.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/Src/CoreTiming.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include "StringUtil.h"
 #include "VideoBackendBase.h"
 
-#define MAX_SLICE_LENGTH 1000
+#define MAX_SLICE_LENGTH 20000
 
 namespace CoreTiming
 {
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/Src/HW/DSP.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/Src/HW/DSP.cpp
index d38b244338..9d5211bcfa 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/Src/HW/DSP.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/Src/HW/DSP.cpp
@@ -698,7 +698,10 @@ void Do_ARAM_DMA()
 	if (!GetDSPEmulator()->IsLLE())
 		g_dspState.DSPControl.DMAState = 1;
 
-	CoreTiming::ScheduleEvent_Threadsafe(0, et_GenerateDSPInterrupt, INT_ARAM | (1<<16));
+	if (g_arDMA.Cnt.dir)
+		CoreTiming::ScheduleEvent_Threadsafe(0, et_GenerateDSPInterrupt, INT_ARAM | (1<<16));
+	else
+		GenerateDSPInterrupt(INT_ARAM);
 
 	// Real hardware DMAs in 32byte chunks, but we can get by with 8byte chunks
 	if (g_arDMA.Cnt.dir)