diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/asynctasks/GetDirectoriesAsynctask.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/asynctasks/GetDirectoriesAsynctask.kt
index 8f991c375..1b406663c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/asynctasks/GetDirectoriesAsynctask.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/asynctasks/GetDirectoriesAsynctask.kt
@@ -130,10 +130,10 @@ class GetDirectoriesAsynctask(val context: Context, val isPickVideo: Boolean, va
     }
 
     private fun filterDirectories(dirs: MutableList<Directory>) {
-        if (!mConfig.showHiddenFolders)
+        if (!mConfig.showHiddenFolders) {
             removeHiddenFolders(dirs)
-
-        removeNoMediaFolders(dirs)
+            removeNoMediaFolders(dirs)
+        }
     }
 
     private fun removeHiddenFolders(dirs: MutableList<Directory>) {
@@ -143,19 +143,16 @@ class GetDirectoriesAsynctask(val context: Context, val isPickVideo: Boolean, va
     }
 
     private fun removeNoMediaFolders(dirs: MutableList<Directory>) {
-        val showHiddenFolders = mConfig.showHiddenFolders
-        if (!showHiddenFolders) {
-            val ignoreDirs = ArrayList<Directory>()
-            for (d in dirs) {
-                val dir = File(d.path)
-                if (dir.exists() && dir.isDirectory) {
-                    val res = dir.list { file, filename -> filename == ".nomedia" }
-                    if (res?.isNotEmpty() == true)
-                        ignoreDirs.add(d)
-                }
+        val ignoreDirs = ArrayList<Directory>()
+        for (d in dirs) {
+            val dir = File(d.path)
+            if (dir.exists() && dir.isDirectory) {
+                val res = dir.list { file, filename -> filename == ".nomedia" }
+                if (res?.isNotEmpty() == true)
+                    ignoreDirs.add(d)
             }
-
-            dirs.removeAll(ignoreDirs)
         }
+
+        dirs.removeAll(ignoreDirs)
     }
 }