diff --git a/frontend/platform/platform_ps3.c b/frontend/platform/platform_ps3.c
index cba95985e4..d7e28c6991 100644
--- a/frontend/platform/platform_ps3.c
+++ b/frontend/platform/platform_ps3.c
@@ -440,7 +440,8 @@ static void system_exec(const char *path, bool should_load_game)
    RARCH_LOG("Attempt to load executable: [%s].\n", path);
    char spawn_data[256];
    char game_path[256];
-   (void)game_path;
+   game_path[0] = '\0';
+
    for(unsigned int i = 0; i < sizeof(spawn_data); ++i)
       spawn_data[i] = i & 0xff;