diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/lv2.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/lv2.cpp
index 698fd3fc07..1d1a9978e0 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/lv2.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/lv2/lv2.cpp
@@ -1093,21 +1093,23 @@ class ppu_syscall_usage
 {
 	// Internal buffer
 	std::string m_stats;
+	u64 m_old_stat[1024]{};
 
 public:
 	// Public info collection buffers
 	atomic_t<u64> stat[1024]{};
 
-	void print_stats() noexcept
+	void print_stats(bool force_print) noexcept
 	{
 		std::multimap<u64, u64, std::greater<u64>> usage;
 
 		for (u32 i = 0; i < 1024; i++)
 		{
-			if (u64 v = stat[i])
+			if (u64 v = stat[i]; m_old_stat[i] != v || (force_print && v))
 			{
-				// Only add syscalls with non-zero usage counter
+				// Only add syscalls with non-zero usage counter and only if caught new calls since last print
 				usage.emplace(v, i);
+				m_old_stat[i] = v;
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -1118,27 +1120,36 @@ public:
 			fmt::append(m_stats, u8"\n\t⁂ %s [%u]", ppu_get_syscall_name(pair.second), pair.first);
 		}
 
-		ppu_log.notice("PPU Syscall Usage Stats: %s", m_stats);
+		if (!m_stats.empty())
+		{
+			ppu_log.notice("PPU Syscall Usage Stats: %s", m_stats);
+		}
 	}
 
 	void operator()()
 	{
-		while (thread_ctrl::state() != thread_state::aborting)
+		bool was_paused = false;
+
+		for (u32 i = 1; thread_ctrl::state() != thread_state::aborting; i++)
 		{
-			thread_ctrl::wait_for(10000'000);
+			thread_ctrl::wait_for(1'000'000);
 
-			if (Emu.IsPaused())
+			const bool is_paused = Emu.IsPaused();
+
+			// Force-print all if paused
+			const bool force_print = is_paused && !was_paused;
+
+			if (force_print || i % 10 == 0)
 			{
-				continue;
+				was_paused = is_paused;
+				print_stats(force_print);
 			}
-
-			print_stats();
 		}
 	}
 
 	~ppu_syscall_usage()
 	{
-		print_stats();
+		print_stats(true);
 	}
 
 	static constexpr auto thread_name = "PPU Syscall Usage Thread"sv;