diff --git a/src/imgui/renderer/imgui_impl_sdl3.cpp b/src/imgui/renderer/imgui_impl_sdl3.cpp
index fd703ee19..99f3b662e 100644
--- a/src/imgui/renderer/imgui_impl_sdl3.cpp
+++ b/src/imgui/renderer/imgui_impl_sdl3.cpp
@@ -734,6 +734,7 @@ static void UpdateGamepads() {
     SDL_Gamepad* SDLGamepad = Input::m_gamepad;
     if (SDLGamepad) {
         bd->gamepads.push_back(SDLGamepad);
+        bd->want_update_gamepads_list = false;
     } else {
         // Update list of gamepads to use
         if (bd->want_update_gamepads_list &&