diff --git a/libretro-common/file/file_path.c b/libretro-common/file/file_path.c
index e2b8af1d18..febfcac63a 100644
--- a/libretro-common/file/file_path.c
+++ b/libretro-common/file/file_path.c
@@ -648,3 +648,10 @@ void fill_short_pathname_representation(char* out_rep,
 #endif
       strlcpy(out_rep, path_short, size);
 }
+
+void fill_short_pathname_representation_noext(char* out_rep,
+      const char *in_path, size_t size)
+{
+   fill_short_pathname_representation(out_rep, in_path, size);
+   path_remove_extension(out_rep);
+}
diff --git a/libretro-common/include/file/file_path.h b/libretro-common/include/file/file_path.h
index 527cdeebf7..a4a9a9063d 100644
--- a/libretro-common/include/file/file_path.h
+++ b/libretro-common/include/file/file_path.h
@@ -349,6 +349,9 @@ void fill_pathname_join_delim(char *out_path, const char *dir,
 void fill_short_pathname_representation(char* out_rep,
       const char *in_path, size_t size);
 
+void fill_short_pathname_representation_noext(char* out_rep,
+      const char *in_path, size_t size);
+
 void fill_pathname_expand_special(char *out_path,
       const char *in_path, size_t size);
 
diff --git a/menu/menu_displaylist.c b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
index be138e1038..f83bff0491 100644
--- a/menu/menu_displaylist.c
+++ b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
@@ -1739,9 +1739,8 @@ static int menu_displaylist_parse_database_entry(menu_displaylist_info_t *info)
    if (!db_info)
       goto error;
 
-   fill_short_pathname_representation(path_base, info->path,
+   fill_short_pathname_representation_noext(path_base, info->path,
          sizeof(path_base));
-   path_remove_extension(path_base);
    strlcat(path_base,
          file_path_str(FILE_PATH_LPL_EXTENSION),
          sizeof(path_base));