diff --git a/apps/files/js/filelist.js b/apps/files/js/filelist.js
index 5d1b797ab5..9b66a2e69a 100644
--- a/apps/files/js/filelist.js
+++ b/apps/files/js/filelist.js
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ var FileList={
 		var permissions = $('#permissions').val();
 		var isCreatable = (permissions & OC.PERMISSION_CREATE) !== 0;
 		$('#emptycontent').toggleClass('hidden', !isCreatable || $fileList.find('tr').length > 0);
-		$('#filestable th').toggleClass('hidden', !(!isCreatable || $fileList.find('tr').length > 0));
+		$('#filestable th').toggleClass('hidden', isCreatable && $fileList.find('tr').length === 0);
 	},
 	showMask: function(){
 		// in case one was shown before