diff --git a/pcsx2/GS/GSPng.cpp b/pcsx2/GS/GSPng.cpp
index 0366aa5f3a49a..cd688a8e01483 100644
--- a/pcsx2/GS/GSPng.cpp
+++ b/pcsx2/GS/GSPng.cpp
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ namespace GSPng
 		const int offset = first_image ? 0 : pixel[fmt].bytes_per_pixel_out;
 		const int bytes_per_pixel_out = first_image ? pixel[fmt].bytes_per_pixel_out : bytes_per_pixel_in - offset;
 
-		FILE* fp = FileSystem::OpenCFile(file.c_str(), "wb");
-		if (fp == nullptr)
+		auto fp = FileSystem::OpenManagedCFile(file.c_str(), "wb");
+		if (!fp)
 			return false;
 
 		png_structp png_ptr = png_create_write_struct(PNG_LIBPNG_VER_STRING, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
@@ -55,7 +55,14 @@ namespace GSPng
 		if (setjmp(png_jmpbuf(png_ptr)))
 			return false;
 
-		png_init_io(png_ptr, fp);
+		png_set_write_fn(
+			png_ptr, fp.get(),
+			[](png_structp png_ptr, png_bytep data_ptr, png_size_t size) {
+				if (std::fwrite(data_ptr, size, 1, static_cast<std::FILE*>(png_get_io_ptr(png_ptr))) != 1)
+					png_error(png_ptr, "file write error");
+			},
+			[](png_structp png_ptr) {});
+
 		png_set_compression_level(png_ptr, compression);
 		png_set_IHDR(png_ptr, info_ptr, width, height, channel_bit_depth, type,
 			PNG_INTERLACE_NONE, PNG_COMPRESSION_TYPE_DEFAULT, PNG_FILTER_TYPE_DEFAULT);
@@ -77,7 +84,6 @@ namespace GSPng
 
 		if (png_ptr)
 			png_destroy_write_struct(&png_ptr, info_ptr ? &info_ptr : nullptr);
-		std::fclose(fp);
 
 		return true;
 	}