diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/MemArena.cpp b/Source/Core/Common/MemArena.cpp
index 291a23ed1f..31ed7f9c8f 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/MemArena.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/MemArena.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void MemArena::GrabSHMSegment(size_t size)
 #else
 	for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++)
 	{
-		std::string file_name = StringFromFormat("dolphinmem.%d", i);
+		std::string file_name = StringFromFormat("/dolphinmem.%d", i);
 		fd = shm_open(file_name.c_str(), O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_EXCL, 0600);
 		if (fd != -1)
 		{