diff --git a/menu/menu_displaylist.c b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
index 2c63318fe7..46f657bdc7 100644
--- a/menu/menu_displaylist.c
+++ b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
@@ -2082,6 +2082,7 @@ static int menu_displaylist_parse_generic(menu_displaylist_info_t *info, bool ho
             menu_hash_to_str(MENU_LABEL_USE_THIS_DIRECTORY),
             MENU_FILE_USE_DIRECTORY, 0 ,0);
 
+   if (!horizontal)
    {
       char out_dir[PATH_MAX_LENGTH];
       fill_pathname_parent_dir(out_dir, info->path, sizeof(out_dir));