diff --git a/menu/menu_displaylist.c b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
index 32f441f896..7277a42c0a 100644
--- a/menu/menu_displaylist.c
+++ b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
@@ -3759,7 +3759,7 @@ static bool menu_displaylist_push_list_process(menu_displaylist_info_t *info)
    if (info->need_push)
    {
       info->label_hash = msg_hash_calculate(info->label);
-      menu_driver_ctl(RARCH_MENU_CTL_POPULATE_ENTRIES, info);
+      menu_driver_populate_entries(info);
       ui_companion_driver_notify_list_loaded(info->list, info->menu_list);
    }
 
diff --git a/menu/menu_driver.c b/menu/menu_driver.c
index 7fb250f8d6..e461ec158d 100644
--- a/menu/menu_driver.c
+++ b/menu/menu_driver.c
@@ -510,6 +510,14 @@ void menu_driver_navigation_set(bool scroll)
       menu_driver_ctx->navigation_set(menu_userdata, scroll);
 }
 
+void menu_driver_populate_entries(menu_displaylist_info_t *info)
+{
+   if (menu_driver_ctx->populate_entries)
+      menu_driver_ctx->populate_entries(
+            menu_userdata, info->path,
+            info->label, info->type);
+}
+
 bool menu_driver_ctl(enum rarch_menu_ctl_state state, void *data)
 {
    switch (state)
@@ -729,18 +737,6 @@ bool menu_driver_ctl(enum rarch_menu_ctl_state state, void *data)
                      menu_userdata, pending_push);
          }
          break;
-      case RARCH_MENU_CTL_POPULATE_ENTRIES:
-         {
-            menu_displaylist_info_t *info = (menu_displaylist_info_t*)data;
-
-            if (!info)
-               return false;
-            if (menu_driver_ctx->populate_entries)
-               menu_driver_ctx->populate_entries(
-                     menu_userdata, info->path,
-                     info->label, info->type);
-         }
-         break;
       case RARCH_MENU_CTL_LIST_GET_ENTRY:
          {
             menu_ctx_list_t *list = (menu_ctx_list_t*)data;
diff --git a/menu/menu_driver.h b/menu/menu_driver.h
index 9b737bdc2a..fbd9f2ff20 100644
--- a/menu/menu_driver.h
+++ b/menu/menu_driver.h
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ enum rarch_menu_ctl_state
    RARCH_MENU_CTL_PLAYLIST_GET,
    RARCH_MENU_CTL_TOGGLE,
    RARCH_MENU_CTL_CONTEXT_DESTROY,
-   RARCH_MENU_CTL_POPULATE_ENTRIES,
    RARCH_MENU_CTL_FIND_DRIVER,
    RARCH_MENU_CTL_LOAD_IMAGE,
    RARCH_MENU_CTL_LIST_FREE,
@@ -402,6 +401,8 @@ void menu_driver_decrement_navigation(void);
 
 void menu_driver_navigation_set(bool scroll);
 
+void menu_driver_populate_entries(menu_displaylist_info_t *info);
+
 bool menu_driver_init(bool video_is_threaded);
 
 extern menu_ctx_driver_t menu_ctx_xui;