diff --git a/source/blender/editors/space_file/file_ops.c b/source/blender/editors/space_file/file_ops.c
index 15bb7917924..ab11d5c0330 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/space_file/file_ops.c
+++ b/source/blender/editors/space_file/file_ops.c
@@ -211,6 +211,11 @@ static FileSelect file_select_do(bContext *C, int selected_idx, bool do_diropen)
             filelist_setrecursion(sfile->files, params->recursion_level);
           }
         }
+        else if (file->redirection_path) {
+          BLI_strncpy(params->dir, file->redirection_path, sizeof(params->dir));
+          BLI_path_normalize_dir(BKE_main_blendfile_path(bmain), params->dir);
+          BLI_path_slash_ensure(params->dir);
+        }
         else {
           BLI_path_normalize_dir(BKE_main_blendfile_path(bmain), params->dir);
           strcat(params->dir, file->relpath);