diff --git a/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_deferred_push.c b/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_deferred_push.c
index 18dfe3bfd4..932a74518e 100644
--- a/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_deferred_push.c
+++ b/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_deferred_push.c
@@ -429,7 +429,14 @@ static int general_push(menu_displaylist_info_t *info,
    {
       /* Need to use the scratch buffer here */
       char tmp_str[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
-      fill_pathname_join_special(tmp_str, menu->scratch2_buf,
+#if IOS
+      char tmp_path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
+      fill_pathname_expand_special(tmp_path, menu->scratch2_buf, sizeof(tmp_path));
+      const char *menu_path = tmp_path;
+#else
+      const char *menu_path = menu->scratch2_buf;
+#endif
+      fill_pathname_join_special(tmp_str, menu_path,
             menu->scratch_buf, sizeof(tmp_str));
 
       if (!string_is_empty(info->path))
diff --git a/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_ok.c b/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_ok.c
index 5a0ea1e495..54033b9610 100644
--- a/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_ok.c
+++ b/menu/cbs/menu_cbs_ok.c
@@ -1970,6 +1970,12 @@ static int file_load_with_detect_core_wrapper(
 
       menu_entries_get_last_stack(&menu_path, &menu_label, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 
+#if IOS
+      char tmp_path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
+      fill_pathname_expand_special(tmp_path, menu_path, sizeof(tmp_path));
+      menu_path = tmp_path;
+#endif
+
       if (!string_is_empty(menu_path))
          strlcpy(menu_path_new, menu_path, sizeof(menu_path_new));
 
@@ -2151,6 +2157,12 @@ static int generic_action_ok(const char *path,
    menu_entries_get_last_stack(&menu_path,
          &menu_label, NULL, &enum_idx, NULL);
 
+#if IOS
+   char tmp_path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
+   fill_pathname_expand_special(tmp_path, menu_path, sizeof(tmp_path));
+   menu_path = tmp_path;
+#endif
+
    if (!string_is_empty(path))
       fill_pathname_join_special(action_path,
             menu_path, path, sizeof(action_path));
@@ -7553,6 +7565,12 @@ static int action_ok_load_archive_detect_core(const char *path,
    menu_path           = menu->scratch2_buf;
    content_path        = menu->scratch_buf;
 
+#if IOS
+   char tmp_path[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
+   fill_pathname_expand_special(tmp_path, menu_path, sizeof(tmp_path));
+   menu_path = tmp_path;
+#endif
+
    core_info_get_list(&list);
 
    def_info.data       = list;