diff --git a/apps/files_external/lib/smb.php b/apps/files_external/lib/smb.php
index 801f3d1c88..96470002c3 100644
--- a/apps/files_external/lib/smb.php
+++ b/apps/files_external/lib/smb.php
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class OC_FileStorage_SMB extends OC_FileStorage_StreamWrapper{
 	}
 
 	public function filetype($path){
-		return (bool)$this->opendir($path);//using opendir causes the same amount of requests and caches the content of the folder in one go
+		return (bool)@$this->opendir($path);//using opendir causes the same amount of requests and caches the content of the folder in one go
 	}
 
 	/**