diff --git a/src/gui/itemmodels/qfilesystemmodel.cpp b/src/gui/itemmodels/qfilesystemmodel.cpp
index 481f11162a..bb9a5a1d43 100644
--- a/src/gui/itemmodels/qfilesystemmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/itemmodels/qfilesystemmodel.cpp
@@ -638,6 +638,8 @@ bool QFileSystemModel::hasChildren(const QModelIndex &parent) const
 bool QFileSystemModel::canFetchMore(const QModelIndex &parent) const
 {
     Q_D(const QFileSystemModel);
+    if (!d->setRootPath)
+        return false;
     const QFileSystemModelPrivate::QFileSystemNode *indexNode = d->node(parent);
     return (!indexNode->populatedChildren);
 }