diff --git a/menu/menu_displaylist.c b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
index 802ebc188b..35dc970b73 100644
--- a/menu/menu_displaylist.c
+++ b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
@@ -3220,13 +3220,10 @@ static int menu_displaylist_parse_generic(
    bool path_is_compressed, push_dir, filter_ext;
    size_t i, list_size;
    struct string_list *str_list = NULL;
-   core_info_list_t *list       = NULL;
    unsigned items_found         = 0;
    settings_t *settings         = config_get_ptr();
    uint32_t hash_label          = msg_hash_calculate(info->label);
 
-   core_info_get_list(&list);
-
    if (!*info->path)
    {
       if (frontend_driver_parse_drive_list(info->list) != 0)
@@ -3469,8 +3466,11 @@ static int menu_displaylist_parse_generic(
    if (BIT32_GET(filebrowser_types,FILEBROWSER_SELECT_CORE))
    {
       enum msg_hash_enums enum_idx   = MSG_UNKNOWN;
+      core_info_list_t *list         = NULL;
       const char *dir                = NULL;
 
+      core_info_get_list(&list);
+
       menu_entries_get_last_stack(&dir, NULL, NULL, &enum_idx, NULL);
 
       list_size = file_list_get_size(info->list);