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 4c8e9d42d..bb8bfc37f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/asynctasks/GetDirectoriesAsynctask.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/gallery/asynctasks/GetDirectoriesAsynctask.kt
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ class GetDirectoriesAsynctask(val context: Context, val isPickVideo: Boolean, va
         }
 
         context.scanFiles(invalidFiles) {}
-        val dirs = ArrayList(directories.values)
+        val dirs = ArrayList(directories.values.filter { File(it.path).exists() })
+
         filterDirectories(dirs)
         Directory.sorting = mConfig.directorySorting
         dirs.sort()