diff --git a/src/xenia/hid/xinput/xinput_input_driver.cc b/src/xenia/hid/xinput/xinput_input_driver.cc
index 02c35ad14..830daa0e4 100644
--- a/src/xenia/hid/xinput/xinput_input_driver.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/hid/xinput/xinput_input_driver.cc
@@ -149,12 +149,16 @@ X_RESULT XInputInputDriver::GetKeystroke(uint32_t user_index, uint32_t flags,
   // https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23669238/xinputgetkeystroke-returning-error-success-while-controller-is-unplugged
   //
   // So we first check if the device is connected via XInputGetCapabilities, so
-  // we are not passing back an uninitialized X_INPUT_KEYSTROKE structure:
-  XINPUT_CAPABILITIES caps;
-  auto xigc = (decltype(&XInputGetCapabilities))XInputGetCapabilities_;
-  result = xigc(user_index, 0, &caps);
-  if (result) {
-    return result;
+  // we are not passing back an uninitialized X_INPUT_KEYSTROKE structure.
+  // If any user (0xFF) is polled this bug does not occur but GetCapabilities
+  // would fail so we need to skip it.
+  if (user_index != 0xFF) {
+    XINPUT_CAPABILITIES caps;
+    auto xigc = (decltype(&XInputGetCapabilities))XInputGetCapabilities_;
+    result = xigc(user_index, 0, &caps);
+    if (result) {
+      return result;
+    }
   }
 
   XINPUT_KEYSTROKE native_keystroke;