diff --git a/backends/imgui_impl_sdl2.cpp b/backends/imgui_impl_sdl2.cpp
index 6fe074677..001dced3e 100644
--- a/backends/imgui_impl_sdl2.cpp
+++ b/backends/imgui_impl_sdl2.cpp
@@ -530,7 +530,9 @@ void ImGui_ImplSDL2_Shutdown()
         SDL_free(bd->ClipboardTextData);
     for (ImGuiMouseCursor cursor_n = 0; cursor_n < ImGuiMouseCursor_COUNT; cursor_n++)
         SDL_FreeCursor(bd->MouseCursors[cursor_n]);
-    bd->MouseLastCursor = nullptr;
+
+    if (bd->Gamepad && bd->GamepadSelectAuto)
+        SDL_GameControllerClose(bd->Gamepad);
 
     io.BackendPlatformName = nullptr;
     io.BackendPlatformUserData = nullptr;
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.txt b/docs/CHANGELOG.txt
index 5b37b9f20..94457fc86 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Other changes:
 - Backends: SDL2: Handle gamepad disconnection + fixed increasing gamepad reference counter
   continuously. Added ImGui_ImplSDL2_SelectGamepadAuto()/ImGui_ImplSDL2_SelectGamepadExplicit()
   functions to respectively select automatic selection or provide a gamepad to use.
-  (#3884, #6559, #6890) [@ocornut, @lethal-guitar, @wn2000, @bog-dan-ro]
+  (#3884, #6559, #6890) [@lethal-guitar, @wn2000, @ocornut, @bog-dan-ro]
 - Backends: SDLRenderer3: query newly added SDL_RenderViewportSet() to not restore
   a wrong viewport if none was initially set.
 - Backends: DirectX9: Using RGBA format when allowed by the driver to avoid CPU side