diff --git a/src/gui/FileListWidget.cxx b/src/gui/FileListWidget.cxx
index 5b7ea922b..3526ae7d8 100644
--- a/src/gui/FileListWidget.cxx
+++ b/src/gui/FileListWidget.cxx
@@ -80,10 +80,9 @@ void FileListWidget::selectParent()
     // Make sure 'selected' has the proper directory naming scheme
     string select = _node.getName();
     if(select.back() == '/' || select.back() == '\\')
-    {
       select.pop_back();
+    if(!BSPF::startsWithIgnoreCase(select, " ["))
       select = " [" + select + "]";
-    }
 
     setLocation(_node.getParent(), select);
   }