diff --git a/libretro-common/string/string_list.c b/libretro-common/string/string_list.c
index b9c26cf713..d55b6fcfd4 100644
--- a/libretro-common/string/string_list.c
+++ b/libretro-common/string/string_list.c
@@ -256,7 +256,8 @@ bool string_list_find_elem_prefix(const struct string_list *list,
    if (!list)
       return false;
 
-   snprintf(prefixed, sizeof(prefixed), "%s%s", prefix, elem);
+   strlcpy(prefixed, prefix, sizeof(prefixed));
+   strlcat(prefixed, elem,   sizeof(prefixed));
 
    for (i = 0; i < list->size; i++)
    {