diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MainActivity.kt
index a6fec1db6..a0a4e3984 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/activities/MainActivity.kt
@@ -759,6 +759,12 @@ class MainActivity : SimpleActivity(), DirectoryAdapter.DirOperationsListener {
         dirs.forEach {
             if (!getDoesFilePathExist(it.path)) {
                 invalidDirs.add(it)
+            } else {
+                val children = File(it.path).list()
+                val hasMediaFile = children?.any { it.isImageVideoGif() } ?: false
+                if (!hasMediaFile) {
+                    invalidDirs.add(it)
+                }
             }
         }