diff --git a/360/frontend-xdk/menu.cpp b/360/frontend-xdk/menu.cpp
index 260e35f098..81e766a560 100644
--- a/360/frontend-xdk/menu.cpp
+++ b/360/frontend-xdk/menu.cpp
@@ -543,30 +543,22 @@ HRESULT CRetroArchFileBrowser::OnNotifyPress( HXUIOBJ hObjPressed, BOOL& bHandle
    if(hObjPressed == m_romlist)
    {
       int index = m_romlist.GetCurSel();
+      const char *strbuffer = rarch_convert_wchar_to_const_char((const wchar_t *)m_romlist.GetText(index));
       if(path_file_exists(browser.current_dir.list->elems[index].data))
       {
+         char path_tmp[1024];
          struct retro_system_info info;
          retro_get_system_info(&info);
          bool block_zip_extract  = info.block_extract;
-		 const char * strbuffer = rarch_convert_wchar_to_const_char((const wchar_t*)m_romlist.GetText(index));
 
+         snprintf(path_tmp, sizeof(path_tmp), "%s\\%s", filebrowser_get_current_dir(&browser), strbuffer);
          if((strstr(strbuffer, ".zip") || strstr(strbuffer, ".ZIP")) && !block_zip_extract)
-         {
-            char path_tmp[1024];
-            snprintf(path_tmp, sizeof(path_tmp), "%s\\%s", filebrowser_get_current_dir(&browser), strbuffer);
             rarch_extract_zipfile(path_tmp);
-         }
          else
-         {
-            memset(g_console.rom_path, 0, sizeof(g_console.rom_path));
-            snprintf(g_console.rom_path, sizeof(g_console.rom_path), "%s\\%s", filebrowser_get_current_dir(&browser), strbuffer);
-            rarch_settings_change(S_START_RARCH);
-         }
+            rarch_console_load_game(path_tmp);
       }
       else if(browser.current_dir.list->elems[index].attr.b)
       {
-
-         const char * strbuffer = rarch_convert_wchar_to_const_char((const wchar_t *)m_romlist.GetText(index));
          snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s\\%s", filebrowser_get_current_dir(&browser), strbuffer);
          filebrowser_fetch_directory_entries(path, &browser, &m_romlist, &m_rompathtitle);
       }
diff --git a/console/retroarch_console.c b/console/retroarch_console.c
index 6f81f276c9..66d6d5a752 100644
--- a/console/retroarch_console.c
+++ b/console/retroarch_console.c
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@
 	ROM EXTENSIONS
 ============================================================ */
 
+void rarch_console_load_game(const char *path)
+{
+   snprintf(g_console.rom_path, sizeof(g_console.rom_path), path);
+   rarch_settings_change(S_START_RARCH);
+}
+
 const char *rarch_console_get_rom_ext(void)
 {
    const char *retval = NULL;
diff --git a/console/retroarch_console.h b/console/retroarch_console.h
index 46d4f47fc3..5a0e161131 100644
--- a/console/retroarch_console.h
+++ b/console/retroarch_console.h
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ enum
 	ROM EXTENSIONS
 ============================================================ */
 
+void rarch_console_load_game(const char *path);
+
 // Get rom extensions for current library.
 // Returns NULL if library doesn't have any preferences in particular.
 const char *rarch_console_get_rom_ext(void);
diff --git a/ps3/frontend/menu.c b/ps3/frontend/menu.c
index c11839565a..218980bc95 100644
--- a/ps3/frontend/menu.c
+++ b/ps3/frontend/menu.c
@@ -1634,9 +1634,8 @@ static void menu_romselect_iterate(filebrowser_t *filebrowser, menu_romselect_ac
                rarch_extract_zipfile(rom_path_temp);
 	    else
 	    {
-	       snprintf(g_console.rom_path, sizeof(g_console.rom_path), filebrowser_get_current_path(filebrowser));
+               rarch_console_load_game(filebrowser_get_current_path(filebrowser));
 	       rarch_settings_msg(S_MSG_LOADING_ROM, S_DELAY_45);
-               rarch_settings_change(S_START_RARCH);
 	    }
 	 }
          break;
diff --git a/wii/frontend/rgui.c b/wii/frontend/rgui.c
index ebdec6ce65..be446ff4cf 100644
--- a/wii/frontend/rgui.c
+++ b/wii/frontend/rgui.c
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ const char *rgui_iterate(rgui_handle_t *rgui, rgui_action_t action)
          else
          {
             snprintf(rgui->path_buf, sizeof(rgui->path_buf), "%s/%s", dir, path);
-            strlcpy(g_console.rom_path, rgui->path_buf, sizeof(g_console.rom_path));
+            rarch_console_load_game(rgui->path_buf);
             rarch_settings_msg(S_MSG_LOADING_ROM, S_DELAY_1);
             found = true;
          }