diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
index 7201c531c6..f03e785ddb 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/System.cpp
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ void Emulator::Load(bool add_only)
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				m_sfo_dir = GetSfoDirFromGamePath(fs::get_parent_dir(elf_dir), GetUsr());
+				m_sfo_dir = GetSfoDirFromGamePath(elf_dir + "/../", GetUsr());
 			}
 
 			_psf = psf::load_object(fs::file(m_sfo_dir + "/PARAM.SFO"));
diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/main_window.cpp b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/main_window.cpp
index 33e47d079f..19fbaf60b7 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/main_window.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/main_window.cpp
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ void main_window::SetAppIconFromPath(const std::string& path)
 	{
 		if (!fs::is_dir(pth)) continue;
 
-		const std::string sfo_dir = Emu.GetSfoDirFromGamePath(path, Emu.GetUsr());
+		const std::string sfo_dir = Emu.GetSfoDirFromGamePath(pth, Emu.GetUsr());
 		const std::string ico     = sfo_dir + "/ICON0.PNG";
 		if (fs::is_file(ico))
 		{