diff --git a/internal/gamepad/api_linux.go b/internal/gamepad/api_linux.go
index 8d53f8c2d..50afefce8 100644
--- a/internal/gamepad/api_linux.go
+++ b/internal/gamepad/api_linux.go
@@ -76,14 +76,6 @@ func _EVIOCGNAME(len uint) uint {
 	return _IOC(_IOC_READ, 'E', 0x06, len)
 }
 
-type inotify_event struct {
-	wd     int32 // TODO: The original type is C's int. Is it OK to use int32?
-	mask   uint32
-	cookie uint32
-	len    uint32
-	name   string
-}
-
 type input_absinfo struct {
 	value      int32
 	minimum    int32
diff --git a/internal/gamepad/gamepad_linux.go b/internal/gamepad/gamepad_linux.go
index 38b8ae30b..74041ebe4 100644
--- a/internal/gamepad/gamepad_linux.go
+++ b/internal/gamepad/gamepad_linux.go
@@ -227,26 +227,26 @@ func (g *nativeGamepads) update(gamepads *gamepads) error {
 	buf = buf[:n]
 
 	for len(buf) > 0 {
-		e := inotify_event{
-			wd:     int32(buf[0]) | int32(buf[1])<<8 | int32(buf[2])<<16 | int32(buf[3])<<24,
-			mask:   uint32(buf[4]) | uint32(buf[5])<<8 | uint32(buf[6])<<16 | uint32(buf[7])<<24,
-			cookie: uint32(buf[8]) | uint32(buf[9])<<8 | uint32(buf[10])<<16 | uint32(buf[11])<<24,
-			len:    uint32(buf[12]) | uint32(buf[13])<<8 | uint32(buf[14])<<16 | uint32(buf[15])<<24,
+		e := unix.InotifyEvent{
+			Wd:     int32(buf[0]) | int32(buf[1])<<8 | int32(buf[2])<<16 | int32(buf[3])<<24,
+			Mask:   uint32(buf[4]) | uint32(buf[5])<<8 | uint32(buf[6])<<16 | uint32(buf[7])<<24,
+			Cookie: uint32(buf[8]) | uint32(buf[9])<<8 | uint32(buf[10])<<16 | uint32(buf[11])<<24,
+			Len:    uint32(buf[12]) | uint32(buf[13])<<8 | uint32(buf[14])<<16 | uint32(buf[15])<<24,
 		}
-		e.name = unix.ByteSliceToString(buf[16 : 16+e.len-1]) // len includes the null termiinate.
-		buf = buf[16+e.len:]
-		if !reEvent.MatchString(e.name) {
+		name := unix.ByteSliceToString(buf[16 : 16+e.Len-1]) // len includes the null termiinate.
+		buf = buf[16+e.Len:]
+		if !reEvent.MatchString(name) {
 			continue
 		}
 
-		path := filepath.Join(dirName, e.name)
-		if e.mask&(unix.IN_CREATE|unix.IN_ATTRIB) != 0 {
+		path := filepath.Join(dirName, name)
+		if e.Mask&(unix.IN_CREATE|unix.IN_ATTRIB) != 0 {
 			if err := g.openGamepad(gamepads, path); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 			continue
 		}
-		if e.mask&unix.IN_DELETE != 0 {
+		if e.Mask&unix.IN_DELETE != 0 {
 			if gp := gamepads.find(func(gamepad *Gamepad) bool {
 				return gamepad.path == path
 			}); gp != nil {