diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestTasksScheduler.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestTasksScheduler.java
index 01e529c705..3e0339d0d6 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestTasksScheduler.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/ingest/IngestTasksScheduler.java
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ final class IngestTasksScheduler {
          * applied to the current run of ingest, checks if unallocated space
          * should be processed inside call to fileIsMemberOf
          */
-        if (file.isFile() && task.getIngestJob().getFileIngestFilter().fileIsMemberOf(file) == null) {
+        if (!file.isDir() && task.getIngestJob().getFileIngestFilter().fileIsMemberOf(file) == null) {
             return false;
         }