diff --git a/widgets/filedialog/CurrentItem.qml b/widgets/filedialog/CurrentItem.qml
index 65b78bd7..e0424455 100644
--- a/widgets/filedialog/CurrentItem.qml
+++ b/widgets/filedialog/CurrentItem.qml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Item {
             anchors.rightMargin: Appearance.padding.larger - Appearance.padding.small
             anchors.bottomMargin: Appearance.padding.normal - Appearance.padding.small
 
-            text: qsTr(`"%1" selected`).arg(root.currentItem.fileName)
+            text: qsTr(`"%1" selected`).arg(root.currentItem?.fileName)
         }
     }