diff --git a/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/ReadDirectoryChanges/ReadDirectoryChangesPrivate.cpp b/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/ReadDirectoryChanges/ReadDirectoryChangesPrivate.cpp
index f2d648a1..5f9cd4e5 100644
--- a/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/ReadDirectoryChanges/ReadDirectoryChangesPrivate.cpp
+++ b/PowerEditor/src/WinControls/ReadDirectoryChanges/ReadDirectoryChangesPrivate.cpp
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ void CReadChangesRequest::ProcessNotification()
 
 		CStringW wstrFilename(fni.FileName, fni.FileNameLength/sizeof(wchar_t));
 		// Handle a trailing backslash, such as for a root directory.
-		if (m_wstrDirectory.Right(1) != L"\\")
+		if (wstrFilename.Right(1) != L"\\")
 			wstrFilename = m_wstrDirectory + L"\\" + wstrFilename;
 		else
 			wstrFilename = m_wstrDirectory + wstrFilename;