diff --git a/Common/File/VFS/ZipFileReader.cpp b/Common/File/VFS/ZipFileReader.cpp
index 83655bc989..d9dcf4a84c 100644
--- a/Common/File/VFS/ZipFileReader.cpp
+++ b/Common/File/VFS/ZipFileReader.cpp
@@ -351,7 +351,11 @@ public:
 
 VFSFileReference *ZipFileReader::GetFile(std::string_view path) {
 	std::string p(path);
-	int zi = zip_name_locate(zip_file_, p.c_str(), ZIP_FL_NOCASE);  // this is EXPENSIVE
+	// An exact match uses libzip's hash table, the case insensitive one compares every name in the zip.
+	int zi = zip_name_locate(zip_file_, p.c_str(), 0);
+	if (zi < 0) {
+		zi = zip_name_locate(zip_file_, p.c_str(), ZIP_FL_NOCASE);
+	}
 	if (zi < 0) {
 		// Not found.
 		return nullptr;