diff --git a/retroarch.c b/retroarch.c
index 73addb1b9c..6a4d83a6e5 100644
--- a/retroarch.c
+++ b/retroarch.c
@@ -14575,7 +14575,8 @@ static void input_config_get_bind_string_joyaxis(char *buf, const char *prefix,
    if (bind->joyaxis_label &&
          !string_is_empty(bind->joyaxis_label)
          && settings->bools.input_descriptor_label_show)
-      snprintf(buf, size, "%s%s (axis)", prefix, bind->joyaxis_label);
+      fill_pathname_join_delim_concat(buf, prefix,
+            bind->joyaxis_label, ' ', " (axis)", size);
    else
    {
       unsigned axis        = 0;