# SDL: Fixed getting the VID/PID of a virtual joystick (29a4c)

**URL:** <https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/sdl-fixed-getting-the-vid-pid-of-a-virtual-joystick-29a4c/41403>\
**Category:** SDL Commits\
**Created:** [December 28, 2022, 8:52pm UTC](https://discourse.libsdl.org/t/sdl-fixed-getting-the-vid-pid-of-a-virtual-joystick-29a4c/41403 "2022-12-28T20:52:09Z")\
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> <https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/commit/29a4c5ebc2523f2d9cde1601405dbdafb847c559>
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> (cherry picked from commit e40a96155fc488feaeeeb79f947eb43399faa481)

```diff
From 29a4c5ebc2523f2d9cde1601405dbdafb847c559 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Lantinga <[EMAIL REDACTED]>
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2022 12:51:36 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed getting the VID/PID of a virtual joystick

(cherry picked from commit e40a96155fc488feaeeeb79f947eb43399faa481)
---
 src/joystick/SDL_joystick.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/joystick/SDL_joystick.c b/src/joystick/SDL_joystick.c
index ffcd20640559..468debf3af00 100644
--- a/src/joystick/SDL_joystick.c
+++ b/src/joystick/SDL_joystick.c
@@ -1869,7 +1869,7 @@ void SDL_GetJoystickGUIDInfo(SDL_JoystickGUID guid, Uint16 *vendor, Uint16 *prod
     Uint16 *guid16 = (Uint16 *)guid.data;
     Uint16 bus = SDL_SwapLE16(guid16[0]);
 
- if (bus < ' ' && guid16[3] == 0x0000 && guid16[5] == 0x0000) {
+ if ((bus < ' ' || bus == SDL_HARDWARE_BUS_VIRTUAL) && guid16[3] == 0x0000 && guid16[5] == 0x0000) {
         /* This GUID fits the standard form:
          * 16-bit bus
          * 16-bit CRC16 of the joystick name (can be zero)

```