diff --git a/include/arm11/hardware/timer.h b/include/arm11/hardware/timer.h
index 45ad588..f850726 100644
--- a/include/arm11/hardware/timer.h
+++ b/include/arm11/hardware/timer.h
@@ -57,9 +57,11 @@
 u32 TIMER_getTicks(void);
 
 /**
- * @brief      Stops the timer.
+ * @brief      Stops the timer and returns the current number of ticks.
+ *
+ * @return     The number of ticks.
  */
-void TIMER_stop(void);
+u32 TIMER_stop(void);
 
 /**
  * @brief      Halts the CPU for the specified number of ticks.
diff --git a/include/arm9/hardware/timer.h b/include/arm9/hardware/timer.h
index 27aec3f..fbb32ef 100644
--- a/include/arm9/hardware/timer.h
+++ b/include/arm9/hardware/timer.h
@@ -78,11 +78,13 @@
 u16 TIMER_getTicks(Timer timer);
 
 /**
- * @brief      Stops a timer.
+ * @brief      Stops a timer and returns the current number of ticks.
  *
  * @param[in]  timer  The timer to stop.
+ *
+ * @return     The number of ticks.
  */
-void TIMER_stop(Timer timer);
+u16 TIMER_stop(Timer timer);
 
 /**
  * @brief      Halts the CPU for the specified number of milliseconds.
diff --git a/source/arm11/hardware/timer.c b/source/arm11/hardware/timer.c
index b5a5445..a31e69b 100644
--- a/source/arm11/hardware/timer.c
+++ b/source/arm11/hardware/timer.c
@@ -54,10 +54,12 @@
 	return REG_TIMER_COUNTER;
 }
 
-void TIMER_stop(void)
+u32 TIMER_stop(void)
 {
 	REG_TIMER_CNT = 0;
 	REG_TIMER_INT_STAT = 1;
+
+	return REG_TIMER_COUNTER;
 }
 
 void TIMER_sleepTicks(u32 ticks)
diff --git a/source/arm9/hardware/timer.c b/source/arm9/hardware/timer.c
index 918b0a7..2f140fd 100644
--- a/source/arm9/hardware/timer.c
+++ b/source/arm9/hardware/timer.c
@@ -67,9 +67,11 @@
 	return REG_TIMER_VAL(timer);
 }
 
-void TIMER_stop(Timer timer)
+u16 TIMER_stop(Timer timer)
 {
 	REG_TIMER_CNT(timer) = 0;
+
+	return REG_TIMER_VAL(timer);
 }
 
 void TIMER_sleep(u32 ms)