diff --git a/source/blender/editors/space_file/file_draw.cc b/source/blender/editors/space_file/file_draw.cc
index 813302387b1..b7bb7fb1911 100644
--- a/source/blender/editors/space_file/file_draw.cc
+++ b/source/blender/editors/space_file/file_draw.cc
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ void file_draw_list(const bContext *C, ARegion *region)
   bool do_drag;
   uchar text_col[4];
   const bool draw_columnheader = (params->display == FILE_VERTICALDISPLAY);
-  const float thumb_icon_aspect = std::min(64.0f / float(params->thumbnail_size), 1.0f);
+  const float thumb_icon_aspect = std::min(64.0f / float(params->thumbnail_size), 2.0f);
 
   numfiles = filelist_files_ensure(files);