diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/settings_dialog.cpp b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/settings_dialog.cpp
index 8591918ee2..03f851d309 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/settings_dialog.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/settings_dialog.cpp
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ settings_dialog::settings_dialog(std::shared_ptr<gui_settings> guiSettings, std:
 
 	for (s32 index = 3; index >= 0; index--)
 	{
-		if (xemu_settings->m_microphone_creator.sel_list[index] == "" || mics_combo[index]->findText(qstr(xemu_settings->m_microphone_creator.sel_list[index])) == -1)
+		if (xemu_settings->m_microphone_creator.sel_list[index].empty() || mics_combo[index]->findText(qstr(xemu_settings->m_microphone_creator.sel_list[index])) == -1)
 		{
 			mics_combo[index]->setCurrentText(xemu_settings->m_microphone_creator.mic_none);
 			ChangeMicrophoneDevice(index+1, xemu_settings->m_microphone_creator.mic_none); // Ensures the value is set in config
@@ -764,6 +764,7 @@ settings_dialog::settings_dialog(std::shared_ptr<gui_settings> guiSettings, std:
 	}
 
 	xemu_settings->EnhanceComboBox(ui->microphoneBox, emu_settings::MicrophoneType);
+	ui->microphoneBox->setItemText(ui->microphoneBox->findData("Null"), tr("Disabled"));
 	SubscribeTooltip(ui->microphoneBox, json_audio["microphoneBox"].toString());
 	connect(ui->microphoneBox, &QComboBox::currentTextChanged, ChangeMicrophoneType);
 	PropagateUsedDevices(); // Enables/Disables comboboxes and checks values from config for sanity