diff --git a/src/mame/machine/cd32.c b/src/mame/machine/cd32.c
index 960fb6c3fc6..ba8b7274aaa 100644
--- a/src/mame/machine/cd32.c
+++ b/src/mame/machine/cd32.c
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static DEVICE_RESET( akiko )
 	else
 	{
 		// MAME case
-		state->m_cdrom = cdrom_open(get_disk_handle(machine, "cdrom"));
+		state->m_cdrom = cdrom_open(get_disk_handle(machine, ":cdrom"));
 		state->m_cdrom_is_device = 0;
 	}