diff --git a/core_info.c b/core_info.c
index 1f748ba46a..47c70ba345 100644
--- a/core_info.c
+++ b/core_info.c
@@ -460,11 +460,13 @@ bool core_info_does_support_file(const core_info_t *core, const char *path)
          core->supported_extensions_list, ".", path_get_extension(path));
 }
 
-const char *core_info_list_get_all_extensions(core_info_list_t *core_info_list)
+const char *core_info_list_get_all_extensions(void)
 {
-   if (!core_info_list)
-      return "";
-   return core_info_list->all_ext;
+   global_t *global = global_get_ptr();
+   core_info_list_t *list = (global->core_info.list) ? global->core_info.list : NULL;
+   if (!list)
+      return NULL;
+   return list->all_ext;
 }
 
 /* qsort_r() is not in standard C, sadly. */
diff --git a/core_info.h b/core_info.h
index f223a435bf..d76c2c8ba1 100644
--- a/core_info.h
+++ b/core_info.h
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ void core_info_list_update_missing_firmware(core_info_list_t *list,
 bool core_info_list_get_info(core_info_list_t *list,
       core_info_t *info, const char *path);
 
-const char *core_info_list_get_all_extensions(core_info_list_t *list);
+const char *core_info_list_get_all_extensions(void);
 
 bool core_info_list_get_display_name(core_info_list_t *list,
       const char *path, char *buf, size_t size);
diff --git a/dir_list_special.c b/dir_list_special.c
index 463359c43b..1270ef58d4 100644
--- a/dir_list_special.c
+++ b/dir_list_special.c
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ struct string_list *dir_list_new_special(const char *input_dir, enum dir_list_ty
    const char *exts  = NULL;
    bool include_dirs = false;
 
-   global_t     *global = global_get_ptr();
    settings_t *settings = config_get_ptr();
 
    (void)input_dir;
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ struct string_list *dir_list_new_special(const char *input_dir, enum dir_list_ty
          break;
       case DIR_LIST_CORE_INFO:
          dir  = input_dir;
-         exts = (global->core_info.list) ? core_info_list_get_all_extensions(global->core_info.list) : NULL;
+         exts = core_info_list_get_all_extensions();
          break;
       case DIR_LIST_SHADERS:
          dir  = settings->video.shader_dir;
diff --git a/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_deferred_push.c b/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_deferred_push.c
index 5ca18595fa..338ca42c27 100644
--- a/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_deferred_push.c
+++ b/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_deferred_push.c
@@ -306,7 +306,8 @@ static int general_push(menu_displaylist_info_t *info, unsigned id, unsigned typ
    settings_t        *settings = config_get_ptr();
    global_t            *global = global_get_ptr();
    rarch_system_info_t *system = rarch_system_info_get_ptr();
-   menu_handle_t *menu    = menu_driver_get_ptr();
+   menu_handle_t        *menu  = menu_driver_get_ptr();
+   const char          *exts   = core_info_list_get_all_extensions();
 
    switch (id)
    {
@@ -327,9 +328,9 @@ static int general_push(menu_displaylist_info_t *info, unsigned id, unsigned typ
    {
       case PUSH_ARCHIVE_OPEN_DETECT_CORE:
          info->setting      = menu_setting_find(info->label);
-         if (global->core_info.list)
-            strlcpy(info->exts, core_info_list_get_all_extensions(
-                     global->core_info.list), sizeof(info->exts));
+  
+         if (exts)
+            strlcpy(info->exts, exts, sizeof(info->exts));
          else if (global->menu.info.valid_extensions)
          {
             if (*global->menu.info.valid_extensions)
@@ -363,9 +364,8 @@ static int general_push(menu_displaylist_info_t *info, unsigned id, unsigned typ
             strlcpy(info->exts, system->valid_extensions, sizeof(info->exts));
          break;
       case PUSH_DETECT_CORE_LIST:
-         if (global->core_info.list)
-            strlcpy(info->exts, core_info_list_get_all_extensions(
-                     global->core_info.list), sizeof(info->exts));
+         if (exts)
+            strlcpy(info->exts, exts, sizeof(info->exts));
          break;
    }