diff --git a/ui/xemu-hud.cc b/ui/xemu-hud.cc
index cec588d1ec..a9e32648e9 100644
--- a/ui/xemu-hud.cc
+++ b/ui/xemu-hud.cc
@@ -980,8 +980,9 @@ struct SettingsWindow
         ImGui::SameLine();
         if (ImGui::Button("Browse...", ImVec2(100, 0))) {
             const char *selected = noc_file_dialog_open(NOC_FILE_DIALOG_OPEN, filters, buf, NULL);
-            if (selected != NULL) {
+            if ((selected != NULL) && (strcmp(buf, selected) != 0)) {
                 strncpy(buf, selected, len-1);
+                dirty = true;
             }
         }
         ImGui::PopID();