diff --git a/core/input/input.cpp b/core/input/input.cpp
index c96884a7b353..2e3f112ebcc1 100644
--- a/core/input/input.cpp
+++ b/core/input/input.cpp
@@ -886,10 +886,10 @@ void Input::joy_axis(int p_device, int p_axis, const JoyAxis &p_value) {
 		jx.min = p_value.min;
 		jx.value = p_value.value < 0.5 ? 0.6 : 0.4;
 		joy_axis(p_device, p_axis, jx);
-	} else if (ABS(last) > 0.5 && last * p_value.value < 0) {
+	} else if (ABS(last) > 0.5 && last * p_value.value <= 0) {
 		JoyAxis jx;
 		jx.min = p_value.min;
-		jx.value = p_value.value < 0 ? 0.1 : -0.1;
+		jx.value = last > 0 ? 0.1 : -0.1;
 		joy_axis(p_device, p_axis, jx);
 	}