diff --git a/src/core/core_timing.cpp b/src/core/core_timing.cpp
index d3bb6f8188df96ef064ba04c26afc03ee243ff25..f977d1b32552a46dcc3b702d682d3910047ce148 100644
--- a/src/core/core_timing.cpp
+++ b/src/core/core_timing.cpp
@@ -135,11 +135,9 @@ void ClearPendingEvents() {
 void ScheduleEvent(s64 cycles_into_future, const EventType* event_type, u64 userdata) {
     ASSERT(event_type != nullptr);
     s64 timeout = GetTicks() + cycles_into_future;
-
     // If this event needs to be scheduled before the next advance(), force one early
     if (!is_global_timer_sane)
         ForceExceptionCheck(cycles_into_future);
-
     event_queue.emplace_back(Event{timeout, event_fifo_id++, userdata, event_type});
     std::push_heap(event_queue.begin(), event_queue.end(), std::greater<>());
 }
diff --git a/src/core/hle/kernel/thread.cpp b/src/core/hle/kernel/thread.cpp
index b9022feae2b4658ff8ea7a7ba2709ab9d65bd567..e308b9c7bdcb3439b2e6c49469a69d45e99716c2 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/kernel/thread.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/kernel/thread.cpp
@@ -155,8 +155,10 @@ void Thread::WakeAfterDelay(s64 nanoseconds) {
     if (nanoseconds == -1)
         return;
 
-    CoreTiming::ScheduleEvent(CoreTiming::nsToCycles(nanoseconds), ThreadWakeupEventType,
-                              callback_handle);
+    // This function might be called from any thread so we have to be cautious and use the
+    // thread-safe version of ScheduleEvent.
+    CoreTiming::ScheduleEventThreadsafe(CoreTiming::nsToCycles(nanoseconds), ThreadWakeupEventType,
+                                        callback_handle);
 }
 
 void Thread::CancelWakeupTimer() {