diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gui_settings.cpp b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gui_settings.cpp
index 2c4bac69e2..629e6dde59 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gui_settings.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gui_settings.cpp
@@ -174,9 +174,7 @@ void gui_settings::ShowInfoBox(const gui_save& entry, const QString& title, cons
 
 void gui_settings::SetGamelistColVisibility(int col, bool val)
 {
-	// hide sound format and parental level
-	bool show = col != 8 && col != 9;
-	SetValue(gui_save(gui::game_list, "Col" + QString::number(col) + "visible", show), val);
+	SetValue(GetGuiSaveForColumn(col), val);
 }
 
 void gui_settings::SetCustomColor(int col, const QColor& val)
@@ -197,9 +195,7 @@ logs::level gui_settings::GetLogLevel()
 
 bool gui_settings::GetGamelistColVisibility(int col)
 {
-	// hide sound format, parental level, firmware version and path by default
-	bool show = col != gui::column_sound && col != gui::column_parental && col != gui::column_firmware && col != gui::column_path;
-	return GetValue(gui_save(gui::game_list, "Col" + QString::number(col) + "visible", show)).toBool();
+	return GetValue(GetGuiSaveForColumn(col)).toBool();
 }
 
 QColor gui_settings::GetCustomColor(int col)
@@ -264,3 +260,10 @@ QSize gui_settings::SizeFromSlider(int pos)
 {
 	return gui::gl_icon_size_min + (gui::gl_icon_size_max - gui::gl_icon_size_min) * (pos / (float)gui::gl_max_slider_pos);
 }
+
+gui_save gui_settings::GetGuiSaveForColumn(int col)
+{
+	// hide sound format, parental level, firmware version and path by default
+	bool show = col != gui::column_sound && col != gui::column_parental && col != gui::column_firmware && col != gui::column_path;
+	return gui_save{ gui::game_list, "Col" + QString::number(col) + "visible", show };
+}
diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gui_settings.h b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gui_settings.h
index 94d145f652..212bcec79e 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gui_settings.h
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/gui_settings.h
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ public Q_SLOTS:
 	void SaveCurrentConfig(const QString& friendlyName);
 
 	static QSize SizeFromSlider(int pos);
+	static gui_save GetGuiSaveForColumn(int col);
 
 private:
 	QString ComputeSettingsDir();