diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/FileSearch.cpp b/Source/Core/Common/FileSearch.cpp
index bce8e77b8e..2994e00a74 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/FileSearch.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/FileSearch.cpp
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ std::vector<std::string> DoFileSearch(const std::vector<std::string>& directorie
 
   std::vector<fs::path> native_exts;
   for (const auto& ext : exts)
-    native_exts.push_back(ext);
+    native_exts.push_back(fs::u8path(ext));
 
   // N.B. This avoids doing any copies
   auto ext_matches = [&native_exts](const fs::path& path) {