diff --git a/Source/Core/Common/StringUtil.cpp b/Source/Core/Common/StringUtil.cpp
index de06d3c3aa..83384479ee 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Common/StringUtil.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Common/StringUtil.cpp
@@ -472,6 +472,14 @@ std::string CP1252ToUTF8(const std::string& input)
   return UTF16ToUTF8(CPToUTF16(CODEPAGE_WINDOWS_1252, input));
 }
 
+std::string UTF16BEToUTF8(const char16_t* str, size_t max_size)
+{
+  const char16_t* str_end = std::find(str, str + max_size, '\0');
+  std::wstring result(static_cast<size_t>(str_end - str), '\0');
+  std::transform(str, str_end, result.begin(), static_cast<u16 (&)(u16)>(Common::swap16));
+  return UTF16ToUTF8(result);
+}
+
 #else
 
 template <typename T>
@@ -559,12 +567,12 @@ std::string UTF16ToUTF8(const std::wstring& input)
   return CodeToUTF8("UTF-16LE", input);
 }
 
-#endif
-
 std::string UTF16BEToUTF8(const char16_t* str, size_t max_size)
 {
   const char16_t* str_end = std::find(str, str + max_size, '\0');
-  std::wstring result(static_cast<size_t>(str_end - str), '\0');
+  std::u16string result(static_cast<size_t>(str_end - str), '\0');
   std::transform(str, str_end, result.begin(), static_cast<u16 (&)(u16)>(Common::swap16));
-  return UTF16ToUTF8(result);
+  return CodeToUTF8("UTF-16LE", result);
 }
+
+#endif