diff --git a/dynamic.c b/dynamic.c
index 762b452a88..2bd8dcb297 100644
--- a/dynamic.c
+++ b/dynamic.c
@@ -257,12 +257,12 @@ static void load_symbols(void)
    SYM(retro_get_memory_size);
 }
 
-void get_libretro_core_name(char *name, size_t size)
+void libretro_get_current_core_pathname(char *name, size_t size)
 {
    if (size == 0)
       return;
 
-   struct retro_system_info info;
+   struct retro_system_info info = {0};
    pretro_get_system_info(&info);
    const char *id = info.library_name ? info.library_name : "Unknown";
 
diff --git a/dynamic.h b/dynamic.h
index a071ab2378..05801aead3 100644
--- a/dynamic.h
+++ b/dynamic.h
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ void libretro_free_system_info(struct retro_system_info *info);
 #endif
 
 // Transforms a library id to a name suitable as a pathname.
-void get_libretro_core_name(char *name, size_t size);
+void libretro_get_current_core_pathname(char *name, size_t size);
 
 extern void (*pretro_init)(void);
 extern void (*pretro_deinit)(void);
diff --git a/frontend/frontend_console.c b/frontend/frontend_console.c
index 60c138a608..e035bd1a35 100644
--- a/frontend/frontend_console.c
+++ b/frontend/frontend_console.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ static bool install_libretro_core(const char *core_exe_path, const char *tmp_pat
    int ret = 0;
    char tmp_path2[PATH_MAX], tmp_pathnewfile[PATH_MAX];
 
-   get_libretro_core_name(tmp_path2, sizeof(tmp_path2));
+   libretro_get_current_core_pathname(tmp_path2, sizeof(tmp_path2));
 
    strlcat(tmp_path2, extension, sizeof(tmp_path2));
    snprintf(tmp_pathnewfile, sizeof(tmp_pathnewfile), "%s%s", tmp_path, tmp_path2);
diff --git a/frontend/platform/platform_gx.c b/frontend/platform/platform_gx.c
index f94caaffd9..8000190378 100644
--- a/frontend/platform/platform_gx.c
+++ b/frontend/platform/platform_gx.c
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ static void system_post_init(void)
 {
    char core_name[64];
 
-   get_libretro_core_name(core_name, sizeof(core_name));
+   libretro_get_current_core_pathname(core_name, sizeof(core_name));
    snprintf(input_path, sizeof(input_path), "%s/%s.cfg", default_paths.input_presets_dir, core_name);
    config_read_keybinds(input_path);
 }