diff --git a/src/controllers/admin/uploads.js b/src/controllers/admin/uploads.js
index 0d91484002..56d64674cf 100644
--- a/src/controllers/admin/uploads.js
+++ b/src/controllers/admin/uploads.js
@@ -81,7 +81,11 @@ async function checkSymLinks(folder) {
 		if (stat.isSymbolicLink()) {
 			throw new Error('[[invalid-path]]');
 		}
-		dir = path.dirname(dir);
+		const newDir = path.dirname(dir);
+		if (newDir === dir) {
+			break;
+		}
+		dir = newDir;
 	}
 }