diff --git a/Utilities/StrFmt.cpp b/Utilities/StrFmt.cpp
index f0ee12cf48..06c7ca9e35 100644
--- a/Utilities/StrFmt.cpp
+++ b/Utilities/StrFmt.cpp
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ std::wstring utf8_to_wchar(std::string_view src)
 	return wchar_string;
 }
 
-std::string fmt::win_error_to_string(unsigned long error)
+std::string fmt::win_error_to_string(unsigned long error, void* module_handle)
 {
 	std::string message;
 	LPWSTR message_buffer = nullptr;
-	if (FormatMessageW(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM | FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
-			nullptr, error, 0, (LPWSTR)&message_buffer, 0, nullptr))
+	if (FormatMessageW((module_handle ? FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_HMODULE : FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM) | FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
+			module_handle, error, 0, (LPWSTR)&message_buffer, 0, nullptr))
 	{
 		message = fmt::format("%s (0x%x)", fmt::trim(wchar_to_utf8(message_buffer), " \t\n\r\f\v"), error);
 	}
diff --git a/Utilities/StrFmt.h b/Utilities/StrFmt.h
index 64da174e79..3f4f55cd88 100644
--- a/Utilities/StrFmt.h
+++ b/Utilities/StrFmt.h
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ namespace fmt
 	static std::string format(const CharT(&)[N], const Args&...);
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
-	// Get a string for a windows error (DWORD)
-	std::string win_error_to_string(unsigned long error);
+	// Get a string for a windows error (DWORD). Optionally a module HANDLE can be passed.
+	std::string win_error_to_string(unsigned long error, void* module_handle = nullptr);
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/rpcs3/util/cpu_stats.cpp b/rpcs3/util/cpu_stats.cpp
index d592695cc0..3b34f72dc9 100644
--- a/rpcs3/util/cpu_stats.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/util/cpu_stats.cpp
@@ -56,17 +56,7 @@ namespace utils
 #ifdef _WIN32
 	std::string pdh_error(PDH_STATUS status)
 	{
-		HANDLE hPdhLibrary = LoadLibrary(L"pdh.dll");
-		LPWSTR pMessage    = NULL;
-	
-		if (hPdhLibrary &&
-			FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_HMODULE | FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,
-				hPdhLibrary, status, 0, (LPWSTR)&pMessage, 0, NULL))
-		{
-			return fmt::format("%s (0x%x)", fmt::trim(wchar_to_utf8(pMessage), " \t\n\r\f\v"), status);
-		}
-	
-		return fmt::format("0x%x", status);
+		return fmt::win_error_to_string(status, LoadLibrary(L"pdh.dll"));
 	}
 #endif