diff --git a/src/filesystem/posix/SDL_sysfsops.c b/src/filesystem/posix/SDL_sysfsops.c
index a18692749c..5e126b64a0 100644
--- a/src/filesystem/posix/SDL_sysfsops.c
+++ b/src/filesystem/posix/SDL_sysfsops.c
@@ -377,6 +377,10 @@ bool SDL_SYS_GetPathInfo(const char *path, SDL_PathInfo *info)
         }
         rc = stat(apath, &statbuf);
         SDL_free(apath);
+
+        if (rc < 0) {
+            rc = stat(path, &statbuf);
+        }
     }
 #else
     rc = stat(path, &statbuf);
diff --git a/src/io/SDL_iostream.c b/src/io/SDL_iostream.c
index e8533df7fb..9639a66148 100644
--- a/src/io/SDL_iostream.c
+++ b/src/io/SDL_iostream.c
@@ -985,6 +985,10 @@ SDL_IOStream *SDL_IOFromFile(const char *file, const char *mode)
 
         fp = fopen(path, mode);
         SDL_free(path);
+
+        if (!fp) {
+            fp = fopen(file, mode);
+        }
     }
 
     if (!fp) {