diff --git a/src/controllers/dlgprefcontroller.cpp b/src/controllers/dlgprefcontroller.cpp
index 8816f2c74c1e..d6db5c042296 100644
--- a/src/controllers/dlgprefcontroller.cpp
+++ b/src/controllers/dlgprefcontroller.cpp
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ void DlgPrefController::slotApply() {
 
     QString mappingPath = mappingPathFromIndex(m_ui.comboBoxMapping->currentIndex());
     m_pMapping = LegacyControllerMappingFileHandler::loadMapping(
-            mappingPath, QDir(resourceMappingsPath(m_pConfig)));
+            QFileInfo(mappingPath), QDir(resourceMappingsPath(m_pConfig)));
 
     // Load the resulting mapping (which has been mutated by the input/output
     // table models). The controller clones the mapping so we aren't touching
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ void DlgPrefController::slotMappingSelected(int chosenIndex) {
 
     std::shared_ptr<LegacyControllerMapping> pMapping =
             LegacyControllerMappingFileHandler::loadMapping(
-                    mappingPath, QDir(resourceMappingsPath(m_pConfig)));
+                    QFileInfo(mappingPath), QDir(resourceMappingsPath(m_pConfig)));
 
     if (pMapping) {
         DEBUG_ASSERT(!pMapping->isDirty());