diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/microphone_creator.cpp b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/microphone_creator.cpp
index 41427cf6f1..1458f83ef2 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/microphone_creator.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/microphone_creator.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include "stdafx.h"
 #include "microphone_creator.h"
 
 #include "Utilities/StrFmt.h"
@@ -5,7 +6,7 @@
 
 #include "3rdparty/OpenAL/include/alext.h"
 
-constexpr auto qstr = QString::fromStdString;
+LOG_CHANNEL(cfg_log, "CFG");
 
 microphone_creator::microphone_creator()
 {
@@ -25,11 +26,11 @@ void microphone_creator::refresh_list()
 
 	if (alcIsExtensionPresent(nullptr, "ALC_ENUMERATION_EXT") == AL_TRUE)
 	{
-		if (const char* devices = alcGetString(nullptr, ALC_CAPTURE_DEVICE_SPECIFIER); devices != nullptr)
+		if (const char* devices = alcGetString(nullptr, ALC_CAPTURE_DEVICE_SPECIFIER))
 		{
 			while (*devices != 0)
 			{
-				m_microphone_list.append(qstr(devices));
+				m_microphone_list.append(devices);
 				devices += strlen(devices) + 1;
 			}
 		}
@@ -37,9 +38,11 @@ void microphone_creator::refresh_list()
 	else
 	{
 		// Without enumeration we can only use one device
-		if (const char* device = alcGetString(nullptr, ALC_DEFAULT_DEVICE_SPECIFIER); device != nullptr)
+		cfg_log.error("OpenAl extension ALC_ENUMERATION_EXT not supported. The microphone list will only contain the default microphone.");
+
+		if (const char* device = alcGetString(nullptr, ALC_DEFAULT_DEVICE_SPECIFIER))
 		{
-			m_microphone_list.append(qstr(device));
+			m_microphone_list.append(device);
 		}
 	}
 }