diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
index dc97a85b82..54c5d8cdf6 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ game_boot_result Emulator::BootGame(const std::string& path, const std::string&
 
 		if (g_cfg.savestate.suspend_emu && m_ar)
 		{
-			std::string old_path = path.substr(0, path.find_last_not_of(fs::delim));
+			std::string old_path = path.substr(0, path.find_last_not_of(fs::delim) + 1);
 			const usz insert_pos = old_path.find_last_of(fs::delim) + 1;
 			const auto prefix = "used_"sv;