diff --git a/retroarch.c b/retroarch.c
index 4eb8700271..8b88303970 100644
--- a/retroarch.c
+++ b/retroarch.c
@@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@ bool recording_init(void)
 
    output[0] = '\0';
 
-   if (current_core_type == CORE_TYPE_DUMMY)
+   if (rarch_ctl(RARCH_CTL_IS_DUMMY_CORE, NULL))
    {
       RARCH_WARN("[recording] %s\n",
             msg_hash_to_str(MSG_USING_LIBRETRO_DUMMY_CORE_RECORDING_SKIPPED));
@@ -14513,6 +14513,8 @@ bool rarch_ctl(enum rarch_ctl_state state, void *data)
       case RARCH_CTL_UNSET_IPS_PREF:
          rarch_ips_pref = false;
          break;
+      case RARCH_CTL_IS_DUMMY_CORE:
+         return (current_core_type == CORE_TYPE_DUMMY);
       case RARCH_CTL_USERNAME_SET:
          has_set_username = true;
          break;
diff --git a/retroarch.h b/retroarch.h
index 7d2ff2a8fc..fff85ba8d3 100644
--- a/retroarch.h
+++ b/retroarch.h
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ enum rarch_ctl_state
 
    RARCH_CTL_IS_INITED,
 
+   RARCH_CTL_IS_DUMMY_CORE,
+
    RARCH_CTL_PREINIT,
 
    RARCH_CTL_DESTROY,