diff --git a/src/dynarmic/backend/arm64/emit_arm64.cpp b/src/dynarmic/backend/arm64/emit_arm64.cpp
index 0e72a80b..fdd181ef 100644
--- a/src/dynarmic/backend/arm64/emit_arm64.cpp
+++ b/src/dynarmic/backend/arm64/emit_arm64.cpp
@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ static void EmitAddCycles(oaknut::CodeGenerator& code, EmitContext& ctx, size_t
     if (!ctx.conf.enable_cycle_counting) {
         return;
     }
+    if (cycles_to_add == 0) {
+        return;
+    }
 
     if (oaknut::AddSubImm::is_valid(cycles_to_add)) {
         code.SUB(Xticks, Xticks, cycles_to_add);