diff --git a/src/plugins/diffeditor/sidebysidediffeditorwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/diffeditor/sidebysidediffeditorwidget.cpp
index 04ab6e7ad7a..357eac2fe2f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/diffeditor/sidebysidediffeditorwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/diffeditor/sidebysidediffeditorwidget.cpp
@@ -1236,7 +1236,9 @@ void SideBySideDiffEditorWidget::jumpToOriginalFile(const QString &fileName,
 
     const QDir dir(m_controller->workingDirectory());
     const QString absoluteFileName = dir.absoluteFilePath(fileName);
-    Core::EditorManager::openEditorAt(absoluteFileName, lineNumber, columnNumber);
+    QFileInfo fi(absoluteFileName);
+    if (fi.exists() && !fi.isDir())
+        Core::EditorManager::openEditorAt(absoluteFileName, lineNumber, columnNumber);
 }
 
 void SideBySideDiffEditorWidget::slotLeftContextMenuRequested(QMenu *menu,
diff --git a/src/plugins/diffeditor/unifieddiffeditorwidget.cpp b/src/plugins/diffeditor/unifieddiffeditorwidget.cpp
index 71b1dba0395..ec887c6d727 100644
--- a/src/plugins/diffeditor/unifieddiffeditorwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/diffeditor/unifieddiffeditorwidget.cpp
@@ -758,7 +758,9 @@ void UnifiedDiffEditorWidget::jumpToOriginalFile(const QString &fileName,
 
     const QDir dir(m_controller->workingDirectory());
     const QString absoluteFileName = dir.absoluteFilePath(fileName);
-    Core::EditorManager::openEditorAt(absoluteFileName, lineNumber, columnNumber);
+    QFileInfo fi(absoluteFileName);
+    if (fi.exists() && !fi.isDir())
+        Core::EditorManager::openEditorAt(absoluteFileName, lineNumber, columnNumber);
 }
 
 void UnifiedDiffEditorWidget::setCurrentDiffFileIndex(int diffFileIndex)