diff --git a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/qt_camera_handler.cpp b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/qt_camera_handler.cpp
index 88d8c15963..4703cf12b6 100644
--- a/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/qt_camera_handler.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/rpcs3qt/qt_camera_handler.cpp
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ void qt_camera_handler::handle_camera_active(bool is_active)
 void qt_camera_handler::handle_camera_error(QCamera::Error error, const QString& errorString)
 {
 	camera_log.error("Error event: \"%s\" (error=%d)", errorString, static_cast<int>(error));
+	set_state(camera_handler_state::closed);
 }
 
 void qt_camera_handler::open_camera()