diff --git a/src/input/api/Wiimote/hidapi/HidapiWiimote.cpp b/src/input/api/Wiimote/hidapi/HidapiWiimote.cpp
index 148f8ce33..26949e86b 100644
--- a/src/input/api/Wiimote/hidapi/HidapiWiimote.cpp
+++ b/src/input/api/Wiimote/hidapi/HidapiWiimote.cpp
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ static constexpr uint16 WIIMOTE_VENDOR_ID = 0x057e;
 static constexpr uint16 WIIMOTE_PRODUCT_ID = 0x0306;
 static constexpr uint16 WIIMOTE_MAX_INPUT_REPROT_LENGTH = 21;
 
-HidapiWiimote::HidapiWiimote(fs::path const& device_path, uint64_t identifier)
- : m_handle(hid_open_path(_pathToUtf8(device_path).c_str())), m_identifier(identifier) {
+HidapiWiimote::HidapiWiimote(hid_device* dev, uint64_t identifier)
+ : m_handle(dev), m_identifier(identifier) {
 
 }
 
@@ -27,11 +27,17 @@ std::vector<WiimoteDevicePtr> HidapiWiimote::get_devices() {
     const auto device_enumeration = hid_enumerate(WIIMOTE_VENDOR_ID, WIIMOTE_PRODUCT_ID);
     auto it = device_enumeration;
     while (it){
-        // Enough to have a unique id for each device within a session
-        uint64_t id = (static_cast<uint64>(it->interface_number) << 32) |
-                (static_cast<uint64>(it->usage_page) << 16) |
-                (it->usage);
-        wiimote_devices.push_back(std::make_shared<HidapiWiimote>(it->path, id));
+        auto dev = hid_open_path(it->path);
+        if (!dev){
+            cemuLog_logDebug(LogType::Force, "Unable to open Wiimote device at {}: {}", it->path, boost::nowide::narrow(hid_error(nullptr)));
+        }
+        else {
+            // Enough to have a unique id for each device within a session
+            uint64_t id = (static_cast<uint64>(it->interface_number) << 32) |
+                          (static_cast<uint64>(it->usage_page) << 16) |
+                          (it->usage);
+            wiimote_devices.push_back(std::make_shared<HidapiWiimote>(dev, id));
+        }
         it = it->next;
     }
     hid_free_enumeration(device_enumeration);
diff --git a/src/input/api/Wiimote/hidapi/HidapiWiimote.h b/src/input/api/Wiimote/hidapi/HidapiWiimote.h
index 298556d65..6bd90dac7 100644
--- a/src/input/api/Wiimote/hidapi/HidapiWiimote.h
+++ b/src/input/api/Wiimote/hidapi/HidapiWiimote.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 class HidapiWiimote : public WiimoteDevice {
 public:
-    HidapiWiimote(fs::path const& device_path, uint64_t identifier);
+    HidapiWiimote(hid_device* dev, uint64_t identifier);
     ~HidapiWiimote() override;
 
     bool write_data(const std::vector<uint8> &data) override;