diff --git a/src/plugins/coreplugin/filemanager.cpp b/src/plugins/coreplugin/filemanager.cpp
index de29e822b7b..072d4ae74a1 100644
--- a/src/plugins/coreplugin/filemanager.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/coreplugin/filemanager.cpp
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ QString FileManager::currentFile() const
 QString FileManager::fileDialogInitialDirectory() const
 {
     if (!d->m_currentFile.isEmpty())
-        return QFileInfo(d->m_currentFile).absoluteFilePath();
+        return QFileInfo(d->m_currentFile).absolutePath();
     return d->m_lastVisitedDirectory;
 }