diff --git a/Utilities/Thread.cpp b/Utilities/Thread.cpp
index 16016947bc..325e4ea00d 100644
--- a/Utilities/Thread.cpp
+++ b/Utilities/Thread.cpp
@@ -1622,7 +1622,7 @@ bool handle_access_violation(u32 addr, bool is_writing, ucontext_t* context) noe
 			error_code sending_error = not_an_error(CELL_EBUSY);
 
 			// If we fail due to being busy, wait a bit and try again.
-			for (; static_cast<u32>(sending_error) == CELL_EBUSY; thread_ctrl::wait_for(1000))
+			for (u64 sleep_until = get_system_time(); static_cast<u32>(sending_error) == CELL_EBUSY; thread_ctrl::wait_until(&sleep_until, 1000))
 			{
 				sending_error = send_event();
 
@@ -2414,6 +2414,34 @@ void thread_ctrl::wait_for(u64 usec, [[maybe_unused]] bool alert /* true */)
 	list.wait(atomic_wait_timeout{usec <= 0xffff'ffff'ffff'ffff / 1000 ? usec * 1000 : 0xffff'ffff'ffff'ffff});
 }
 
+
+void thread_ctrl::wait_until(u64* wait_time, u64 add_time, u64 min_wait, bool update_to_current_time)
+{
+	*wait_time = utils::add_saturate<u64>(*wait_time, add_time);
+
+	// TODO: Implement proper support for "waiting until" inside atomic wait engine
+	const u64 current_time = get_system_time();
+
+	if (current_time > *wait_time)
+	{
+		if (update_to_current_time)
+		{
+			*wait_time = current_time + (add_time - (current_time - *wait_time) % add_time);
+		}
+		else if (!min_wait)
+		{
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (min_wait)
+	{
+		*wait_time = std::max<u64>(*wait_time, utils::add_saturate<u64>(current_time, min_wait));
+	}
+
+	wait_for(*wait_time - current_time);
+}
+
 void thread_ctrl::wait_for_accurate(u64 usec)
 {
 	if (!usec)
diff --git a/Utilities/Thread.h b/Utilities/Thread.h
index df45fda70d..1aab60481f 100644
--- a/Utilities/Thread.h
+++ b/Utilities/Thread.h
@@ -276,6 +276,9 @@ public:
 	// Wait once with timeout. Infinite value is -1.
 	static void wait_for(u64 usec, bool alert = true);
 
+	// Wait once with time point, add_time is added to the time point.
+	static void wait_until(u64* wait_time, u64 add_time = 0, u64 min_wait = 0, bool update_to_current_time = true);
+
 	// Waiting with accurate timeout
 	static void wait_for_accurate(u64 usec);
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/lv2.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/lv2.cpp
index e05c87c39a..e4ed28fbcd 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/lv2.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/lv2.cpp
@@ -1206,10 +1206,11 @@ public:
 	void operator()()
 	{
 		bool was_paused = false;
+		u64 sleep_until = get_system_time();
 
 		for (u32 i = 1; thread_ctrl::state() != thread_state::aborting; i++)
 		{
-			thread_ctrl::wait_for(1'000'000);
+			thread_ctrl::wait_until(&sleep_until, 1'000'000);
 
 			const bool is_paused = Emu.IsPaused();
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/GDB.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/GDB.cpp
index 4f28f1c8d7..16e681f28f 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/GDB.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/GDB.cpp
@@ -894,7 +894,7 @@ void gdb_thread::operator()()
 {
 	start_server();
 
-	while (server_socket != -1 && thread_ctrl::state() != thread_state::aborting)
+	for (u64 sleep_until = get_system_time(); server_socket != -1 && thread_ctrl::state() != thread_state::aborting;)
 	{
 		sockaddr_in client;
 		socklen_t client_len = sizeof(client);
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@ void gdb_thread::operator()()
 		{
 			if (check_errno_again())
 			{
-				thread_ctrl::wait_for(5000);
+				thread_ctrl::wait_until(&sleep_until, 5000);
 				continue;
 			}
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/perf_monitor.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/perf_monitor.cpp
index 360b563bae..5f0c6ad84b 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/perf_monitor.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/perf_monitor.cpp
@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@ void perf_monitor::operator()()
 	u64 last_pause_time = umax;
 
 	std::vector<double> per_core_usage;
+	std::string msg;
 
-	while (thread_ctrl::state() != thread_state::aborting)
+	for (u64 sleep_until = get_system_time(); thread_ctrl::state() != thread_state::aborting;)
 	{
-		thread_ctrl::wait_for(update_interval_us);
+		thread_ctrl::wait_until(&sleep_until, update_interval_us);
 		elapsed_us += update_interval_us;
 
 		if (thread_ctrl::state() == thread_state::aborting)
@@ -61,14 +62,15 @@ void perf_monitor::operator()()
 				logged_pause++;
 			}
 
-			std::string msg = fmt::format("CPU Usage: Total: %.1f%%", total_usage);
+			msg.clear();
+			fmt::append(msg, "CPU Usage: Total: %.1f%%", total_usage);
 
 			if (!per_core_usage.empty())
 			{
 				fmt::append(msg, ", Cores:");
 			}
 
-			for (size_t i = 0; i < per_core_usage.size(); i++)
+			for (usz i = 0; i < per_core_usage.size(); i++)
 			{
 				fmt::append(msg, "%s %.1f%%", i > 0 ? "," : "", per_core_usage[i]);
 			}
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/system_progress.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/system_progress.cpp
index 94e058534b..33c80a8d4d 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/system_progress.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/system_progress.cpp
@@ -175,7 +175,9 @@ void progress_dialog_server::operator()()
 		usz time_left_queue_idx = 0;
 
 		// Update progress
-		while (!g_system_progress_stopping && thread_ctrl::state() != thread_state::aborting)
+		for (u64 sleep_until = get_system_time(), sleep_for = 500;
+			!g_system_progress_stopping && thread_ctrl::state() != thread_state::aborting;
+			thread_ctrl::wait_until(&sleep_until, std::exchange(sleep_for, 500)))
 		{
 			const auto& [text_new, ftotal_new, fdone_new, ftotal_bits_new, fknown_bits_new, ptotal_new, pdone_new] = get_state();
 
@@ -236,7 +238,7 @@ void progress_dialog_server::operator()()
 						}
 					}
 
-					thread_ctrl::wait_for(10000);
+					sleep_for = 10000;
 					continue;
 				}
 
@@ -365,7 +367,7 @@ void progress_dialog_server::operator()()
 				break;
 			}
 
-			thread_ctrl::wait_for(10'000);
+			sleep_for = 10'000;
 			wait_no_update_count++;
 		}