diff --git a/menu/menu_displaylist.c b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
index 0416e84d35..726d51f76b 100644
--- a/menu/menu_displaylist.c
+++ b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
@@ -3035,7 +3035,9 @@ int menu_displaylist_push_list(menu_displaylist_info_t *info, unsigned type)
       case DISPLAYLIST_CORE_OPTIONS:
          if (runloop_ctl(RUNLOOP_CTL_HAS_CORE_OPTIONS, NULL))
          {
-            size_t opts = core_option_size(system->core_options);
+            size_t opts;
+
+            runloop_ctl(RUNLOOP_CTL_GET_CORE_OPTION_SIZE, &opts);
 
             if (settings->game_specific_options)
             {
diff --git a/runloop.c b/runloop.c
index ad7fc88f98..e16ea07b94 100644
--- a/runloop.c
+++ b/runloop.c
@@ -521,6 +521,14 @@ bool runloop_ctl(enum runloop_ctl_state state, void *data)
                sizeof(system->valid_extensions));
          system->block_extract = system->info.block_extract;
          break;
+      case RUNLOOP_CTL_GET_CORE_OPTION_SIZE:
+         {
+            unsigned *idx = (unsigned*)data;
+            if (!idx)
+               return false;
+            *idx = core_option_size(system->core_options);
+         }
+         return true;
       case RUNLOOP_CTL_HAS_CORE_OPTIONS:
          return system && system->core_options;
       case RUNLOOP_CTL_SYSTEM_INFO_FREE:
diff --git a/runloop.h b/runloop.h
index ca31eefc13..e69f651e17 100644
--- a/runloop.h
+++ b/runloop.h
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ enum runloop_ctl_state
    RUNLOOP_CTL_MSG_QUEUE_UNLOCK,
    RUNLOOP_CTL_MSG_QUEUE_FREE,
    RUNLOOP_CTL_HAS_CORE_OPTIONS,
+   RUNLOOP_CTL_GET_CORE_OPTION_SIZE,
    RUNLOOP_CTL_IS_CORE_OPTION_UPDATED,
    RUNLOOP_CTL_CORE_OPTION_PREV,
    RUNLOOP_CTL_CORE_OPTION_NEXT,