diff --git a/tdefile-plugins/mp3/tdefile_mp3.cpp b/tdefile-plugins/mp3/tdefile_mp3.cpp
index f6f567cf..957755aa 100644
--- a/tdefile-plugins/mp3/tdefile_mp3.cpp
+++ b/tdefile-plugins/mp3/tdefile_mp3.cpp
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ bool KMp3Plugin::writeInfo(const KFileMetaInfo &info) const
     TagLib::ID3v2::FrameFactory::instance()->setDefaultTextEncoding(TagLib::String::UTF8);
     TagLib::MPEG::File file(TQFile::encodeName(info.path()).data(), false);
 
-    if(!file.isOpen() || access(info.path().local8Bit().data(), R_OK|W_OK))
+    if(!file.isOpen() || access(file.name().local8Bit().data(), R_OK|W_OK))
     {
         kdDebug(7034) << "couldn't open " << info.path() << endl;
         return false;