diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_Wiimote/Src/EmuDefinitions.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_Wiimote/Src/EmuDefinitions.cpp
index 524624edd9..667af949fd 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_Wiimote/Src/EmuDefinitions.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_Wiimote/Src/EmuDefinitions.cpp
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ namespace WiiMoteEmu
 // Definitions and variable declarations
 //******************************************************************************
 
-u8 g_Leds = 0x0; // 4 bits
-u8 g_Speaker = 0x0; // 1 = on
-u8 g_SpeakerVoice = 0x0; // 1 = on
-u8 g_IR = 0x0; // 1 = on
+u8 g_Leds;
+u8 g_Speaker;
+u8 g_SpeakerVoice;
+u8 g_IR;
 
 u8 g_Eeprom[WIIMOTE_EEPROM_SIZE];
 u8 g_RegSpeaker[WIIMOTE_REG_SPEAKER_SIZE];
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_Wiimote/Src/EmuMain.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_Wiimote/Src/EmuMain.cpp
index 60f97c3644..7a4e98b5e2 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_Wiimote/Src/EmuMain.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_Wiimote/Src/EmuMain.cpp
@@ -236,6 +236,19 @@ void UpdateEeprom()
 		WiiMoteEmu::g_Eeprom[22], WiiMoteEmu::g_Eeprom[23], WiiMoteEmu::g_Eeprom[27]);
 }
 
+// Set initial values
+void ResetVariables()
+{
+	u8 g_Leds = 0x0; // 4 bits
+	u8 g_Speaker = 0x0; // 1 = on
+	u8 g_SpeakerVoice = 0x0; // 1 = on
+	u8 g_IR = 0x0; // 1 = on
+
+	g_ReportingMode = 0;
+	g_ReportingChannel = 0;
+
+	g_EmulatedWiiMoteInitialized = false;
+}
 
 // ===================================================
 /* Write initial values to Eeprom and registers. */
@@ -244,6 +257,9 @@ void Initialize()
 {
 	if (g_EmulatedWiiMoteInitialized) return;
 
+	// Reset variables
+	ResetVariables();
+
 	// Write default Eeprom data
 	memset(g_Eeprom, 0, WIIMOTE_EEPROM_SIZE);
 	memcpy(g_Eeprom, EepromData_0, sizeof(EepromData_0));
@@ -297,10 +313,12 @@ void DoState(void* ptr, int mode)
 	//TODO: implement
 }
 
-/* We don't need to do anything here. All values will be reset as FreeLibrary() is called
-   when we stop a game */
+/* This is not needed if we call FreeLibrary() when we stop a game, but if it's not called we need to reset
+   these variables. */
 void Shutdown(void) 
-{}
+{
+	ResetVariables();
+}
 
 
 // ===================================================
diff --git a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_Wiimote/Src/ReadWiimote.cpp b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_Wiimote/Src/ReadWiimote.cpp
index 23502a2568..c414dca671 100644
--- a/Source/Plugins/Plugin_Wiimote/Src/ReadWiimote.cpp
+++ b/Source/Plugins/Plugin_Wiimote/Src/ReadWiimote.cpp
@@ -249,8 +249,8 @@ void ReadWiimote()
 	std::string Temp;
 
 	/* Timeout for data reading. This is used in Initialize() to read the Eeprom, if we have not gotten
-	   what we wanted in the WIIUSE_READ_DATA case we stop this loop to avoid interference with the regular
-	   wiiuse_io_read() and wiiuse_io_write() communication. */
+	   what we wanted in the WIIUSE_READ_DATA case we stop this loop and enable the regular
+	   wiiuse_io_read() and wiiuse_io_write() loop again. */
 	if (g_RunTemporary)
 	{
 		// This holds if the update rate of wiiuse_poll() is kept at the default value of 10 ms