diff --git a/console/rmenu/rmenu.c b/console/rmenu/rmenu.c
index 75a550fbc3..0cbf2e4e1c 100644
--- a/console/rmenu/rmenu.c
+++ b/console/rmenu/rmenu.c
@@ -1567,7 +1567,7 @@ static void settings_iterate(menu *current_menu, item *items, settings_action_t
 
 static void select_setting(menu *current_menu, uint64_t input)
 {
-   item items[current_menu->max_settings];
+   item *items = (item*)malloc(current_menu->max_settings * sizeof(*items));
    unsigned i;
    char msg[256];
 
@@ -1631,6 +1631,8 @@ static void select_setting(menu *current_menu, uint64_t input)
       }
    }
 
+   free(items);
+
    snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), "[%s] + [%s] - resume game | [%s] - go forward", rarch_input_find_platform_key_label(1 << RETRO_DEVICE_ID_JOYPAD_L3), rarch_input_find_platform_key_label(1 << RETRO_DEVICE_ID_JOYPAD_R3), rarch_input_find_platform_key_label(1 << RETRO_DEVICE_ID_JOYPAD_R));
    context->render_msg(default_pos.x_position, default_pos.comment_two_y_position, default_pos.font_size, YELLOW, msg);
    snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg), "[%s] - default | [%s]/[%s] - go back", rarch_input_find_platform_key_label(1 << RETRO_DEVICE_ID_JOYPAD_START), rarch_input_find_platform_key_label(1 << RETRO_DEVICE_ID_JOYPAD_L), rarch_input_find_platform_key_label(1 << RETRO_DEVICE_ID_JOYPAD_A));