diff --git a/src/86box.c b/src/86box.c
index 5ba477fb4..696f65a5d 100644
--- a/src/86box.c
+++ b/src/86box.c
@@ -384,48 +384,6 @@ pc_log(const char *fmt, ...)
 #define pc_log(fmt, ...)
 #endif
 
-void
-add_rom_path(const char* path)
-{
-    static char cwd[1024];
-    memset(cwd, 0x00, sizeof(cwd));
-    rom_path_t* cur_rom_path = &rom_paths;
-    while (cur_rom_path->next != NULL) {
-        cur_rom_path = cur_rom_path->next;
-    }
-    if (!plat_path_abs((char*)path)) {
-        /*
-         * This looks like a relative path.
-         *
-         * Add it to the current working directory
-         * to convert it (back) to an absolute path.
-         */
-        plat_getcwd(cwd, 1024);
-        plat_path_slash(cwd);
-        snprintf(cur_rom_path->rom_path, 1024, "%s%s%c", cwd, path, 0);
-    }
-    else {
-        /*
-         * The user-provided path seems like an
-         * absolute path, so just use that.
-         */
-        strncpy(cur_rom_path->rom_path, path, 1024);
-    }
-    plat_path_slash(cur_rom_path->rom_path);
-    cur_rom_path->next = calloc(1, sizeof(rom_path_t));
-}
-
-// Copied over from Unix code, which in turn is lifted from musl. Needed for parsing XDG_DATA_DIRS.
-static char *local_strsep(char **str, const char *sep)
-{
-    char *s = *str, *end;
-    if (!s) return NULL;
-    end = s + strcspn(s, sep);
-    if (*end) *end++ = 0;
-    else end = 0;
-    *str = end;
-    return s;
-}
 
 /*
  * Perform initial startup of the PC.
@@ -539,7 +497,7 @@ usage:
 			if ((c+1) == argc) goto usage;
 
 			strcpy(path2, argv[++c]);
-            add_rom_path(path2);
+            rom_add_path(path2);
 		} else if (!strcasecmp(argv[c], "--config") ||
 			   !strcasecmp(argv[c], "-C")) {
 			if ((c+1) == argc) goto usage;
@@ -641,7 +599,7 @@ usage:
         plat_path_slash(vmrppath);
         strcat(vmrppath, "roms");
         plat_path_slash(vmrppath);
-        add_rom_path(vmrppath);
+        rom_add_path(vmrppath);
         if (path2[0] == '\0') {
             strcpy(path2, vmrppath);
         }
@@ -650,13 +608,13 @@ usage:
     {
         char default_rom_path[1024] = { 0 };
 #if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__APPLE__)
-		appimage = getenv("APPIMAGE");
-		if (appimage && (appimage[0] != '\0')) {
+        appimage = getenv("APPIMAGE");
+        if (appimage && (appimage[0] != '\0')) {
             plat_get_dirname(default_rom_path, appimage);
             plat_path_slash(default_rom_path);
             strcat(default_rom_path, "roms");
             plat_path_slash(default_rom_path);
-		}
+        }
 #endif
         if (default_rom_path[0] == '\0') {
             plat_getcwd(default_rom_path, 1024);
@@ -664,11 +622,11 @@ usage:
             snprintf(default_rom_path, 1024, "%s%s%c", default_rom_path, "roms", 0);
             plat_path_slash(default_rom_path);
         }
-        add_rom_path(default_rom_path);
+        rom_add_path(default_rom_path);
         if (path2[0] == '\0') {
             strcpy(path2, default_rom_path);
         }
-	}
+    }
 
     plat_init_rom_paths();
 
@@ -771,7 +729,7 @@ usage:
     if (rom_paths.next) {
         rom_path_t* cur_rom_path = &rom_paths;
         while (cur_rom_path->next) {
-            pclog("# ROM path: %s\n", cur_rom_path->rom_path);
+            pclog("# ROM path: %s\n", cur_rom_path->path);
             cur_rom_path = cur_rom_path->next;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/include/86box/rom.h b/src/include/86box/rom.h
index 04fe94422..30c7c0561 100644
--- a/src/include/86box/rom.h
+++ b/src/include/86box/rom.h
@@ -42,13 +42,13 @@ typedef struct {
 
 
 typedef struct rom_path_t {
-    char rom_path[1024];
+    char path[1024];
     struct rom_path_t* next;
 } rom_path_t;
 
 extern rom_path_t rom_paths;
 
-extern void add_rom_path(const char* path);
+extern void rom_add_path(const char* path);
 
 extern uint8_t	rom_read(uint32_t addr, void *p);
 extern uint16_t	rom_readw(uint32_t addr, void *p);
diff --git a/src/mem/rom.c b/src/mem/rom.c
index 3dcbfe568..fda529181 100644
--- a/src/mem/rom.c
+++ b/src/mem/rom.c
@@ -57,47 +57,55 @@ rom_log(const char *fmt, ...)
 #define rom_log(fmt, ...)
 #endif
 
+void
+rom_add_path(const char* path)
+{
+    char cwd[1024] = { 0 };
+
+    // Iterate to the end of the list.
+    rom_path_t* rom_path = &rom_paths;
+    while (rom_path->next != NULL) {
+        rom_path = rom_path->next;
+    }
+
+    // Allocate the new entry.
+    rom_path = rom_path->next = calloc(1, sizeof(rom_path_t));
+
+    // Save the path, turning it into absolute if needed.
+    if (!plat_path_abs((char*) path)) {
+        plat_getcwd(cwd, 1024);
+        plat_path_slash(cwd);
+        snprintf(rom_path->path, 1024, "%s%s%c", cwd, path, 0);
+    } else {
+        strncpy(rom_path->path, path, 1024);
+    }
+
+    // Ensure the path ends with a separator.
+    plat_path_slash(rom_path->path);
+}
+
 
 FILE *
 rom_fopen(char *fn, char *mode)
 {
     char temp[1024];
-    char *fn2;
+    rom_path_t *rom_path = &rom_paths;
+    FILE *fp;
 
-    if ((strstr(fn, "roms/") == fn) || (strstr(fn, "roms\\") == fn)) {
-	/* Relative path */
-	fn2 = (char *) malloc(strlen(fn) + 1);
-	memcpy(fn2, fn, strlen(fn) + 1);
+    if (strstr(fn, "roms/") == fn) {
+        /* Relative path */
+        do {
+            plat_append_filename(temp, rom_path->path, fn + 5);
 
-    if (rom_paths.next) {
-        rom_path_t* cur_rom_path = &rom_paths;
-		memset(fn2, 0x00, strlen(fn) + 1);
-		memcpy(fn2, &(fn[5]), strlen(fn) - 4);
-
-        while (cur_rom_path->next) {
-            memset(temp, 0, sizeof(temp));
-            plat_append_filename(temp, cur_rom_path->rom_path, fn2);
-            if (rom_present(temp)) {
-                break;
+            if (fp = plat_fopen(temp, mode)) {
+                return fp;
             }
-            cur_rom_path = cur_rom_path->next;
-        }
-	} else {
-		/* Make sure to make it a backslash, just in case there's malformed
-		   code calling us that assumes Windows. */
-		if (fn2[4] == '\\')
-			fn2[4] = '/';
+        } while(rom_path = rom_path->next);
 
-		plat_append_filename(temp, exe_path, fn2);
-	}
-
-	free(fn2);
-	fn2 = NULL;
-
-	return(plat_fopen(temp, mode));
+        return fp;
     } else {
-	/* Absolute path */
-	return(plat_fopen(fn, mode));
+        /* Absolute path */
+        return plat_fopen(fn, mode);
     }
 }
 
@@ -105,54 +113,30 @@ rom_fopen(char *fn, char *mode)
 int
 rom_getfile(char *fn, char *s, int size)
 {
-    char temp[1024] = {'\0'};
-    char *fn2;
-    int retval = 0;
+    char temp[1024];
+    rom_path_t *rom_path = &rom_paths;
 
-    if ((strstr(fn, "roms/") == fn) || (strstr(fn, "roms\\") == fn)) {
-    /* Relative path */
-    fn2 = (char *) malloc(strlen(fn) + 1);
-    memcpy(fn2, fn, strlen(fn) + 1);
+    if (strstr(fn, "roms/") == fn) {
+        /* Relative path */
+        do {
+            plat_append_filename(temp, rom_path->path, fn + 5);
 
-    if (rom_paths.next) {
-        rom_path_t* cur_rom_path = &rom_paths;
-        memset(fn2, 0x00, strlen(fn) + 1);
-        memcpy(fn2, &(fn[5]), strlen(fn) - 4);
-
-        while (cur_rom_path->next) {
-            memset(temp, 0, sizeof(temp));
-            plat_append_filename(temp, cur_rom_path->rom_path, fn2);
             if (rom_present(temp)) {
                 strncpy(s, temp, size);
-                retval = 1;
-                break;
+                return 1;
             }
-            cur_rom_path = cur_rom_path->next;
-        }
-    } else {
-        /* Make sure to make it a backslash, just in case there's malformed
-           code calling us that assumes Windows. */
-        if (fn2[4] == '\\')
-            fn2[4] = '/';
+        } while(rom_path = rom_path->next);
 
-        plat_append_filename(temp, exe_path, fn2);
-        if (rom_present(temp)) {
-            strncpy(s, temp, size);
-            retval = 1;
-        }
-    }
-
-    free(fn2);
-    fn2 = NULL;
+        return 0;
     } else {
         /* Absolute path */
         if (rom_present(fn)) {
             strncpy(s, fn, size);
-            retval = 1;
+            return 1;
         }
+        
+        return 0;
     }
-
-    return(retval);
 }
 
 
@@ -163,8 +147,8 @@ rom_present(char *fn)
 
     f = rom_fopen(fn, "rb");
     if (f != NULL) {
-	(void)fclose(f);
-	return(1);
+        (void)fclose(f);
+        return(1);
     }
 
     return(0);
diff --git a/src/qt/qt_platform.cpp b/src/qt/qt_platform.cpp
index 1d709e3ac..af3d2b9e8 100644
--- a/src/qt/qt_platform.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/qt_platform.cpp
@@ -602,6 +602,6 @@ plat_init_rom_paths()
 #endif
 
     for (auto& path : paths) {
-        add_rom_path(QDir(path).filePath("86Box/roms").toUtf8().constData());
+        rom_add_path(QDir(path).filePath("86Box/roms").toUtf8().constData());
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/unix/unix.c b/src/unix/unix.c
index 8854be1a8..36187d44a 100644
--- a/src/unix/unix.c
+++ b/src/unix/unix.c
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ plat_init_rom_paths()
 
         if (!plat_dir_check(xdg_rom_path))
             plat_dir_create(xdg_rom_path);
-        add_rom_path(xdg_rom_path);
+        rom_add_path(xdg_rom_path);
     } else {
         char home_rom_path[1024] = { 0 };
         snprintf(home_rom_path, 1024, "%s/.local/share/86Box/", getenv("HOME") ? getenv("HOME") : getpwuid(getuid())->pw_dir);
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ plat_init_rom_paths()
 
         if (!plat_dir_check(home_rom_path))
             plat_dir_create(home_rom_path);
-        add_rom_path(home_rom_path);
+        rom_add_path(home_rom_path);
     }
     if (getenv("XDG_DATA_DIRS")) {
         char* xdg_rom_paths = strdup(getenv("XDG_DATA_DIRS"));
@@ -792,18 +792,18 @@ plat_init_rom_paths()
                 strcat(real_xdg_rom_path, cur_xdg_rom_path);
                 plat_path_slash(real_xdg_rom_path);
                 strcat(real_xdg_rom_path, "86Box/roms/");
-                add_rom_path(real_xdg_rom_path);
+                rom_add_path(real_xdg_rom_path);
             }
         }
         free(xdg_rom_paths_orig);
     } else {
-        add_rom_path("/usr/local/share/86Box/roms/");
-        add_rom_path("/usr/share/86Box/roms/");
+        rom_add_path("/usr/local/share/86Box/roms/");
+        rom_add_path("/usr/share/86Box/roms/");
     }
 #else
     char default_rom_path[1024] = { '\0 '};
     getDefaultROMPath(default_rom_path);
-    add_rom_path(default_rom_path);
+    rom_path_add(default_rom_path);
 #endif
 }
 
diff --git a/src/win/win.c b/src/win/win.c
index 06db20bad..b655b58cf 100644
--- a/src/win/win.c
+++ b/src/win/win.c
@@ -932,7 +932,7 @@ plat_init_rom_paths()
         CreateDirectoryW(appdata_dir, NULL);
         wcscat(appdata_dir, "\\");
         c16stombs(appdata_dir_a, appdata_dir, 1024);
-        add_rom_path(appdata_dir_a);
+        rom_add_path(appdata_dir_a);
     }
 }