diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/hud.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/hud.cpp
index d4b8465fd3..0a28972a2a 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/hud.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/hud.cpp
@@ -416,6 +416,7 @@ namespace MWGui
             spell->mEffects.mList.front().mEffectID);
 
         std::string icon = effect->mIcon;
+        std::replace(icon.begin(), icon.end(), '/', '\\');
         int slashPos = icon.rfind('\\');
         icon.insert(slashPos + 1, "b_");
         icon = Misc::ResourceHelpers::correctIconPath(icon, MWBase::Environment::get().getResourceSystem()->getVFS());
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwgui/quickkeysmenu.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwgui/quickkeysmenu.cpp
index 3169dd4f2f..b2913e8f07 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwgui/quickkeysmenu.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwgui/quickkeysmenu.cpp
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ namespace MWGui
         const ESM::MagicEffect* effect = esmStore.get<ESM::MagicEffect>().find(spell->mEffects.mList.front().mEffectID);
 
         std::string path = effect->mIcon;
+        std::replace(path.begin(), path.end(), '/', '\\');
         int slashPos = path.rfind('\\');
         path.insert(slashPos + 1, "b_");
         path = Misc::ResourceHelpers::correctIconPath(path, MWBase::Environment::get().getResourceSystem()->getVFS());