diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php
index f282c3b907..ce771cdabe 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ class WP_Filesystem_Direct extends WP_Filesystem_Base {
 			$limit_file = false;
 		}
 
-		if ( ! $this->is_dir( $path ) || ! $this->is_readable( $dir ) ) {
+		if ( ! $this->is_dir( $path ) || ! $this->is_readable( $path ) ) {
 			return false;
 		}