diff --git a/tdeio/tdeio/kdirlister.cpp b/tdeio/tdeio/kdirlister.cpp
index c3fa3d451..b27580a4b 100644
--- a/tdeio/tdeio/kdirlister.cpp
+++ b/tdeio/tdeio/kdirlister.cpp
@@ -1959,6 +1959,7 @@ bool KDirLister::openURL( const KURL& _url, bool _keep, bool _reload )
       connect(localURLJob, TQ_SIGNAL(localURL(TDEIO::LocalURLJob*, const KURL&, bool)),
               this, TQ_SLOT(slotOpenURLGotLocalURL(TDEIO::LocalURLJob*, const KURL&, bool)));
       connect(localURLJob, TQ_SIGNAL(destroyed()), this, TQ_SLOT(slotLocalURLKIODestroyed()));
+      d->complete = false;
     }
     return true;
   }
@@ -1980,6 +1981,7 @@ void KDirLister::slotOpenURLGotLocalURL(TDEIO::LocalURLJob *job, const KURL& url
     d->m_referenceURLMap[ctx.url.url()] = url.path();
   }
   d->openURLContext.remove(jobIt);
+  d->complete = d->jobData.isEmpty() && d->openURLContext.isEmpty();
   s_pCache->listDir( this, realURL, ctx.keep, ctx.reload );
 }
 
@@ -1990,6 +1992,7 @@ void KDirLister::slotLocalURLKIODestroyed() {
   if (jobIt != d->openURLContext.end()) {
     auto ctx = jobIt.data();
     d->openURLContext.remove(jobIt);
+    d->complete = d->jobData.isEmpty() && d->openURLContext.isEmpty();
     s_pCache->listDir( this, ctx.url, ctx.keep, ctx.reload );
   }
 }