diff --git a/src/libsync/filesystem.cpp b/src/libsync/filesystem.cpp
index 7ff29ca4c..2931a3d87 100644
--- a/src/libsync/filesystem.cpp
+++ b/src/libsync/filesystem.cpp
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ bool FileSystem::setFolderPermissions(const QString &path,
         qCWarning(lcFileSystem) << "error when calling GetSecurityDescriptorDacl" << path << GetLastError();
         return false;
     }
-    if (!daclPresent) {
+    if (!daclPresent || !resultDacl) {
         qCWarning(lcFileSystem) << "error when calling DACL needed to set a folder read-only or read-write is missing" << path;
         return false;
     }