diff --git a/Core/gb.c b/Core/gb.c
index ec12b39..56697a1 100755
--- a/Core/gb.c
+++ b/Core/gb.c
@@ -479,6 +479,8 @@ void GB_reset(GB_gameboy_t *gb)
         }
         gb->io_registers[GB_IO_OBP0] = gb->io_registers[GB_IO_OBP1] = 0xFF;
     }
+    /* The serial interrupt always occur on the 0xF8th cycle of every 0x100 cycle since boot. */
+    gb->serial_cycles = 0x100 - 0xF8;
     gb->io_registers[GB_IO_SC] = 0x7E;
     gb->magic = (uintptr_t)'SAME';
 }
diff --git a/Core/gb.h b/Core/gb.h
index 18df88f..8260882 100644
--- a/Core/gb.h
+++ b/Core/gb.h
@@ -329,7 +329,9 @@ struct GB_gameboy_internal_s {
         uint32_t display_cycles;
         uint32_t div_cycles;
         uint8_t tima_reload_state; /* After TIMA overflows, it becomes 0 for 4 cycles before actually reloading. */
-        uint16_t serial_cycles;
+        GB_PADDING(uint16_t, serial_cycles);
+        uint16_t serial_cycles; /* This field changed its meaning in v0.10 */
+        uint16_t serial_length;
     );
 
     /* APU */
diff --git a/Core/memory.c b/Core/memory.c
index b913ba5..c914e55 100644
--- a/Core/memory.c
+++ b/Core/memory.c
@@ -617,13 +617,15 @@ static void write_high_memory(GB_gameboy_t *gb, uint16_t addr, uint8_t value)
                 }
                 gb->io_registers[GB_IO_SC] = value | (~0x83);
                 if ((value & 0x80) && (value & 0x1) ) {
-                    gb->serial_cycles = gb->cgb_mode && (value & 2)? 128 : 4096;
+                    gb->serial_length = gb->cgb_mode && (value & 2)? 128 : 4096;
+                    /* Todo: This is probably incorrect for CGB's faster clock mode. */
+                    gb->serial_cycles &= 0xFF;
                     if (gb->serial_transfer_start_callback) {
                         gb->serial_transfer_start_callback(gb, gb->io_registers[GB_IO_SB]);
                     }
                 }
                 else {
-                    gb->serial_cycles = 0;
+                    gb->serial_length = 0;
                 }
                 return;
 
diff --git a/Core/timing.c b/Core/timing.c
index 713f9b7..77348fe 100644
--- a/Core/timing.c
+++ b/Core/timing.c
@@ -107,9 +107,11 @@ void GB_advance_cycles(GB_gameboy_t *gb, uint8_t cycles)
         }
     }
 
-    if (gb->serial_cycles) {
-        if (gb->serial_cycles <= cycles) {
-            gb->serial_cycles = 0;
+    uint16_t previous_serial_cycles = gb->serial_cycles;
+    gb->serial_cycles += cycles;
+    if (gb->serial_length) {
+        if ((gb->serial_cycles & gb->serial_length) != (previous_serial_cycles & gb->serial_length)) {
+            gb->serial_length = 0;
             gb->io_registers[GB_IO_SC] &= ~0x80;
             /* TODO: Does SB "update" bit by bit? */
             if (gb->serial_transfer_end_callback) {
@@ -121,9 +123,6 @@ void GB_advance_cycles(GB_gameboy_t *gb, uint8_t cycles)
             
             gb->io_registers[GB_IO_IF] |= 8;
         }
-        else {
-            gb->serial_cycles -= cycles;
-        }
     }
 
     gb->debugger_ticks += cycles;