diff --git a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
index 5887c4ac01..852c058ecd 100644
--- a/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
+++ b/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/MainForm.cs
@@ -3663,7 +3663,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 					{
 						OpenAdvanced_OpenRom ioa_openRom = ioa as OpenAdvanced_OpenRom;
 
-						if (Path.GetExtension(ioa_openRom.Path).ToLower() == ".xml")
+						if (Path.GetExtension(ioa_openRom.Path.Replace("|","")).ToLower() == ".xml")
 						{
 							// this is a multi-disk bundler file
 							// determine the xml assets and create RomStatusDetails for all of them