diff --git a/cheevos/cheevos.c b/cheevos/cheevos.c
index 257b594c04..74da0d8cb8 100644
--- a/cheevos/cheevos.c
+++ b/cheevos/cheevos.c
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ void rcheevos_test(void)
 #ifdef HAVE_THREADS
    if (rcheevos_locals.queued_command != CMD_EVENT_NONE)
    {
-      if ((int)rcheevos_locals.queued_command == CMD_CHEEVOS_FINALIZE_LOAD)
+      if (rcheevos_locals.queued_command == CMD_CHEEVOS_FINALIZE_LOAD)
          rcheevos_finalize_game_load_on_ui_thread();
       else
          command_event(rcheevos_locals.queued_command, NULL);
diff --git a/command.h b/command.h
index 3e737e0b9f..dd08854284 100644
--- a/command.h
+++ b/command.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ RETRO_BEGIN_DECLS
 
 enum event_command
 {
+   CMD_SPECIAL = -1,
    CMD_EVENT_NONE = 0,
    /* Resets RetroArch. */
    CMD_EVENT_RESET,
diff --git a/retroarch.c b/retroarch.c
index 03329823b2..40c2b6703e 100644
--- a/retroarch.c
+++ b/retroarch.c
@@ -5486,6 +5486,10 @@ bool command_event(enum event_command cmd, void *data)
       /* Deprecated */
       case CMD_EVENT_SEND_DEBUG_INFO:
          break;
+
+      /* Do nothing about the special negative value */
+      case CMD_SPECIAL:
+         break;
    }
 
    return true;