diff --git a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/EmuInstance.cpp b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/EmuInstance.cpp
index 73bba4d8a3..b3711c3904 100644
--- a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/EmuInstance.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/EmuInstance.cpp
@@ -1172,7 +1172,7 @@ bool EmuInstance::updateConsole(UpdateConsoleNDSArgs&& _ndsargs, UpdateConsoleGB
     }
 
 
-    if ((!nds) || (consoletype != consoleType))
+    if ((!nds) || (consoletype != nds->ConsoleType))
     {
         NDS::Current = nullptr;
         if (nds) delete nds;