diff --git a/retroarch.c b/retroarch.c
index 5c0d92b973..4e758b6473 100644
--- a/retroarch.c
+++ b/retroarch.c
@@ -636,15 +636,8 @@ static int16_t input_state(unsigned port, unsigned device, unsigned index, unsig
    {
       unsigned base = (index == RETRO_DEVICE_INDEX_ANALOG_RIGHT) ? 2 : 0;
       base += (id == RETRO_DEVICE_ID_ANALOG_Y) ? 1 : 0;
-
-      // Simply adding here could overflow the int16_t.
-      int sum = res + driver.overlay_state.analog[base];
-      if (sum > 0x7fff)
-         res = 0x7fff;
-      else if (sum < -0x7fff)
-         res = -0x7fff;
-      else
-         res = sum;
+      if (driver.overlay_state.analog[base])
+         res = driver.overlay_state.analog[base];
    }
 #endif