diff --git a/src/gui/transferlistwidget.cpp b/src/gui/transferlistwidget.cpp
index b9c85849b..8330c7e74 100644
--- a/src/gui/transferlistwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/transferlistwidget.cpp
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ void TransferListWidget::setSelectedTorrentsLocation()
 
     const QString newLocation = QFileDialog::getExistingDirectory(this, tr("Choose save path"), oldLocation,
                                             QFileDialog::DontConfirmOverwrite | QFileDialog::ShowDirsOnly | QFileDialog::HideNameFilterDetails);
-    if (!QDir(newLocation).exists()) return;
+    if (newLocation.isEmpty() || !QDir(newLocation).exists()) return;
     qDebug("New location is %s", qPrintable(newLocation));
 
     // Actually move storage