diff --git a/src/gui/itemviews/qfileiconprovider.cpp b/src/gui/itemviews/qfileiconprovider.cpp
index 5dbd1f0..19c2c4d 100644
--- a/src/gui/itemviews/qfileiconprovider.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/itemviews/qfileiconprovider.cpp
@@ -319,8 +319,10 @@ QIcon QFileIconProviderPrivate::getWinIcon(const QFileInfo &fileInfo) const
 }
 
 #elif defined(Q_WS_MAC)
-QIcon QFileIconProviderPrivate::getMacIcon(const QFileInfo &fi) const
+QIcon QFileIconProviderPrivate::getMacIcon(const QFileInfo &fi2) const
 {
+    QFileInfo fi = fi2.suffix().isEmpty() ? QFileInfo() : fi2;
+
     QIcon retIcon;
     QString fileExtension = fi.suffix().toUpper();
     fileExtension.prepend(QLatin1String("."));
@@ -346,7 +348,6 @@ QIcon QFileIconProviderPrivate::getMacIcon(const QFileInfo &fi) const
         }
     }
 
-
     FSRef macRef;
     OSStatus status = FSPathMakeRef(reinterpret_cast<const UInt8*>(fi.canonicalFilePath().toUtf8().constData()),
                                     &macRef, 0);