diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index b3f04af9..8a7ee5c1 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -2451,8 +2451,8 @@ char **filename_completion(const char *buf, size_t length,
 	 * and add each fitting one to the list of matches. */
 	while ((nextdir = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
 		if (strncmp(nextdir->d_name, filename, filenamelen) == 0 &&
-					(*filename == '.' || (strcmp(nextdir->d_name, ".") != 0 &&
-					strcmp(nextdir->d_name, "..") != 0))) {
+									strcmp(nextdir->d_name, ".") != 0 &&
+									strcmp(nextdir->d_name, "..") != 0) {
 			char *fullname = charalloc(strlen(dirname) + strlen(nextdir->d_name) + 1);
 
 			sprintf(fullname, "%s%s", dirname, nextdir->d_name);