diff --git a/pcsx2/gui/MemoryCardFolder.cpp b/pcsx2/gui/MemoryCardFolder.cpp
index ec7cc49eef..c1da434359 100644
--- a/pcsx2/gui/MemoryCardFolder.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/gui/MemoryCardFolder.cpp
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ FolderMemoryCardAggregator::FolderMemoryCardAggregator() {
 
 void FolderMemoryCardAggregator::Open() {
 	for ( int i = 0; i < totalCardSlots; ++i ) {
-		m_cards[i].Open();
+		m_cards[i].Open( m_lastKnownFilter );
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1071,5 +1071,6 @@ void FolderMemoryCardAggregator::ReIndex( uint slot, const wxString& filter ) {
 	m_cards[slot].Close();
 	Console.WriteLn( Color_Green, L"(FolderMcd) Re-Indexing slot %u with filter \"%s\"", slot, WX_STR( filter ) );
 	m_cards[slot].Open( filter );
+	m_lastKnownFilter = filter;
 }
 
diff --git a/pcsx2/gui/MemoryCardFolder.h b/pcsx2/gui/MemoryCardFolder.h
index 8df9aff6c6..1352d9566f 100644
--- a/pcsx2/gui/MemoryCardFolder.h
+++ b/pcsx2/gui/MemoryCardFolder.h
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ class FolderMemoryCardAggregator {
 protected:
 	static const int totalCardSlots = 8;
 	FolderMemoryCard m_cards[totalCardSlots];
+	wxString m_lastKnownFilter = L"";
 
 public:
 	FolderMemoryCardAggregator();