diff --git a/src/burner/win32/bzip.cpp b/src/burner/win32/bzip.cpp
index 4d3706369..cdd17cd91 100644
--- a/src/burner/win32/bzip.cpp
+++ b/src/burner/win32/bzip.cpp
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ int BzipOpen(bool bootApp)
 				}
 
 				z++;
+				if (z >= BZIP_MAX) break;
 
 				// Look further in the last ten paths specified, so you can put files with ROMs
 				// used only by FB Alpha there without causing problems with dat files