From cb5a12e2a09ccf5d9c43c8e3d79aae5ce57568e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jasmine Iwanek <jasmine@iwanek.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2025 19:59:42 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Improve the macos joystick fix

---
 src/qt/sdl_joystick.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/qt/sdl_joystick.c b/src/qt/sdl_joystick.c
index 4b2748760..fddb730e7 100644
--- a/src/qt/sdl_joystick.c
+++ b/src/qt/sdl_joystick.c
@@ -50,9 +50,13 @@ joystick_init(void)
     SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_JOYSTICK_THREAD, "1");
 #endif
 
-    if (SDL_InitSubSystem(SDL_INIT_VIDEO | SDL_INIT_JOYSTICK) != 0) {
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+    if (SDL_InitSubSystem(SDL_INIT_VIDEO | SDL_INIT_JOYSTICK) != 0)
+#else
+    if (SDL_InitSubSystem(SDL_INIT_JOYSTICK) != 0)
+#endif
         return;
-    }
+
     joysticks_present = SDL_NumJoysticks();
 
     memset(sdl_joy, 0, sizeof(sdl_joy));