diff --git a/views/bootstrap/class.DropFolderChooser.php b/views/bootstrap/class.DropFolderChooser.php
index f96c0cf31..bae2b04da 100644
--- a/views/bootstrap/class.DropFolderChooser.php
+++ b/views/bootstrap/class.DropFolderChooser.php
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ $('.folderselect').click(function(ev) {
 				$finfo = finfo_open(FILEINFO_MIME_TYPE);
 				while (false !== ($entry = $d->read())) {
 					if($entry != '..' && $entry != '.') {
-						if($showfolders == 0 && !is_dir($dir.'/'.$entry)) {
+						if($showfolders == 0 && !is_dir($dir.'/'.$entry) && is_readable($dir.'/'.$entry)) {
 							$c++;
 							$subitem = array('label'=>'', 'attributes'=>array(array('title', getMLText('menu_upload_from_dropfolder'))));
 							if($folder)