diff --git a/libretro-common/file/file_path.c b/libretro-common/file/file_path.c
index 431ed38d4b..8548b54a7f 100644
--- a/libretro-common/file/file_path.c
+++ b/libretro-common/file/file_path.c
@@ -389,11 +389,11 @@ void fill_pathname(char *out_path, const char *in_path,
  * present in 'in_path', it will be ignored.
  *
  */
-void fill_pathname_noext(char *out_path, const char *in_path,
+size_t fill_pathname_noext(char *out_path, const char *in_path,
       const char *replace, size_t size)
 {
    strlcpy(out_path, in_path, size);
-   strlcat(out_path, replace, size);
+   return strlcat(out_path, replace, size);
 }
 
 char *find_last_slash(const char *str)
diff --git a/libretro-common/include/file/file_path.h b/libretro-common/include/file/file_path.h
index 5b7c226639..0a50416dbe 100644
--- a/libretro-common/include/file/file_path.h
+++ b/libretro-common/include/file/file_path.h
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ void fill_str_dated_filename(char *out_filename,
  * present in 'in_path', it will be ignored.
  *
  */
-void fill_pathname_noext(char *out_path, const char *in_path,
+size_t fill_pathname_noext(char *out_path, const char *in_path,
       const char *replace, size_t size);
 
 /**