diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index a8dcbb026..37cdffada 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Bugfixes:
  - GB: Properly clear KEY1 bit 0 when switching speeds
  - GBA Cheats: Fix uninitialized memory getting freed when saving
  - GBA Memory: Fix several unused I/O register read values
+ - Qt: Fix patch loading
 Misc:
  - All: Only update version info if needed
  - FFmpeg: Encoding cleanup
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/GameController.cpp b/src/platform/qt/GameController.cpp
index d71b4b3d1..9298a1eda 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/GameController.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/GameController.cpp
@@ -573,6 +573,8 @@ void GameController::closeGame() {
 	if (mCoreThreadIsPaused(&m_threadContext)) {
 		mCoreThreadUnpause(&m_threadContext);
 	}
+	m_patch = QString();
+
 	QMetaObject::invokeMethod(m_audioProcessor, "pause", Qt::BlockingQueuedConnection);
 	mCoreThreadEnd(&m_threadContext);
 }
@@ -586,8 +588,6 @@ void GameController::cleanGame() {
 	delete[] m_drawContext;
 	delete[] m_frontBuffer;
 
-	m_patch = QString();
-
 	m_threadContext.core->deinit(m_threadContext.core);
 	m_gameOpen = false;
 }