diff --git a/file.c b/file.c
index 8ccbc1c41c..770b338585 100644
--- a/file.c
+++ b/file.c
@@ -652,6 +652,8 @@ bool init_rom_file(enum rarch_game_type type)
       if (ext && !strcasecmp(ext, "zip"))
       {
          g_extern.rom_file_temporary = true;
+         strlcpy(g_extern.last_rom, g_extern.fullpath, sizeof(g_extern.last_rom));
+
          if (!zlib_extract_first_rom(g_extern.fullpath, sizeof(g_extern.fullpath), g_extern.system.valid_extensions))
          {
             RARCH_ERR("Failed to extract ROM from zipped file: %s.\n", g_extern.fullpath);
diff --git a/general.h b/general.h
index 163c40457e..a2ebce9f9c 100644
--- a/general.h
+++ b/general.h
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ struct global
    bool has_multitap;
 
    bool rom_file_temporary;
+   char last_rom[PATH_MAX];
    enum rarch_game_type game_type;
    uint32_t cart_crc;
 
diff --git a/retroarch.c b/retroarch.c
index e1420ae603..a16825b51d 100644
--- a/retroarch.c
+++ b/retroarch.c
@@ -2906,9 +2906,9 @@ void rarch_main_deinit(void)
 
    if (g_extern.rom_file_temporary)
    {
-      RARCH_LOG("Removing tempoary ROM file: %s.\n", g_extern.fullpath);
-      if (remove(g_extern.fullpath) < 0)
-         RARCH_ERR("Failed to remove temporary file: %s.\n", g_extern.fullpath);
+      RARCH_LOG("Removing tempoary ROM file: %s.\n", g_extern.last_rom);
+      if (remove(g_extern.last_rom) < 0)
+         RARCH_ERR("Failed to remove temporary file: %s.\n", g_extern.last_rom);
       g_extern.rom_file_temporary = false;
    }