diff --git a/menu/drivers/xmb.c b/menu/drivers/xmb.c
index fc018665bc..ec6aba0f5a 100644
--- a/menu/drivers/xmb.c
+++ b/menu/drivers/xmb.c
@@ -1063,8 +1063,8 @@ static void xmb_draw_items(xmb_handle_t *xmb, gl_t *gl,
 
    file_list_get_last(stack, NULL, &label, NULL);
 
-   if (xmb->categories.active.idx)
-      core_node = xmb_get_userdata_from_core(xmb, info, cat_selection_ptr);
+   if (cat_selection_ptr)
+      core_node = xmb_get_userdata_from_core(xmb, info, cat_selection_ptr - 1);
 
    end = file_list_get_size(list);