diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/update_manager.cpp b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/update_manager.cpp
index 17b3b9079a..b7300f13fa 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/update_manager.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/update_manager.cpp
@@ -305,6 +305,12 @@ bool update_manager::handle_rpcs3(const QByteArray& rpcs3_data, bool /*automatic
 
 	std::string replace_path;
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	// Get executable path
+	wchar_t orig_path[32767];
+	GetModuleFileNameW(nullptr, orig_path, sizeof(orig_path) / 2);
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __linux__
 
 	const char* appimage_path = ::getenv("APPIMAGE");
@@ -558,16 +564,13 @@ bool update_manager::handle_rpcs3(const QByteArray& rpcs3_data, bool /*automatic
 	error_free7z();
 	if (res)
 		return false;
-
-	replace_path = Emulator::GetEmuDir() + "rpcs3.exe";
-
 #endif
 
 	m_progress_dialog->close();
 	QMessageBox::information(m_parent, tr("Auto-updater"), tr("Update successful!"));
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-	int ret = _execl(replace_path.c_str(), replace_path.c_str(), nullptr);
+	int ret = _wexecl(orig_path, orig_path, nullptr);
 #else
 	int ret = execl(replace_path.c_str(), replace_path.c_str(), nullptr);
 #endif