diff --git a/Core/FileSystems/DirectoryFileSystem.cpp b/Core/FileSystems/DirectoryFileSystem.cpp
index 74b36632ef37..da5a849bd94f 100644
--- a/Core/FileSystems/DirectoryFileSystem.cpp
+++ b/Core/FileSystems/DirectoryFileSystem.cpp
@@ -262,16 +262,14 @@ bool DirectoryFileHandle::Open(const Path &basePath, std::string &fileName, File
 			return false;
 		}
 		fullName = GetLocalPath(basePath, fileName);
-		const char *fullNameC = fullName.c_str();
-
-		DEBUG_LOG(FILESYS, "Case may have been incorrect, second try opening %s (%s)", fullNameC, fileName.c_str());
+		DEBUG_LOG(FILESYS, "Case may have been incorrect, second try opening %s (%s)", fullName.c_str(), fileName.c_str());
 
 		// And try again with the correct case this time
 #ifdef _WIN32
-		hFile = CreateFile(fullNameC, desired, sharemode, 0, openmode, 0, 0);
+		hFile = CreateFile(fullName.c_str(), desired, sharemode, 0, openmode, 0, 0);
 		success = hFile != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
 #else
-		hFile = open(fullNameC, flags, 0666);
+		hFile = open(fullName.c_str(), flags, 0666);
 		success = hFile != -1;
 #endif
 	}
diff --git a/Core/PSPLoaders.cpp b/Core/PSPLoaders.cpp
index e3ac345d844a..0d30828fe8cd 100644
--- a/Core/PSPLoaders.cpp
+++ b/Core/PSPLoaders.cpp
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ bool Load_PSP_ELF_PBP(FileLoader *fileLoader, std::string *error_string) {
 		pspFileSystem.SetStartingDirectory(ms_path);
 	}
 
-	std::shared_ptr<IFileSystem> fs = std::shared_ptr<IFileSystem>(new DirectoryFileSystem(&pspFileSystem, Path(path), FileSystemFlags::SIMULATE_FAT32 | FileSystemFlags::CARD));
+	std::shared_ptr<IFileSystem> fs = std::shared_ptr<IFileSystem>(new DirectoryFileSystem(&pspFileSystem, full_path.NavigateUp(), FileSystemFlags::SIMULATE_FAT32 | FileSystemFlags::CARD));
 	pspFileSystem.Mount("umd0:", fs);
 
 	std::string finalName = ms_path + file;