diff --git a/src/filemanager/filegui.c b/src/filemanager/filegui.c
index 1254174d6..b377b4719 100644
--- a/src/filemanager/filegui.c
+++ b/src/filemanager/filegui.c
@@ -612,12 +612,21 @@ overwrite_query_dialog (file_op_context_t * ctx, enum OperationMode mode)
 static gboolean
 is_wildcarded (const char *p)
 {
+    int escaped = 0;
     for (; *p; p++)
     {
-        if (*p == '*')
-            return TRUE;
-        if (*p == '\\' && p[1] >= '1' && p[1] <= '9')
-            return TRUE;
+        if (*p == '\\')
+        {
+            if (p[1] >= '1' && p[1] <= '9' && !escaped)
+                return TRUE;
+            escaped = !escaped;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            if (*p == '*' && !escaped)
+                return TRUE;
+            escaped = 0;
+        }
     }
     return FALSE;
 }
diff --git a/tests/src/filemanager/filegui_is_wildcarded.c b/tests/src/filemanager/filegui_is_wildcarded.c
index fd3d33a61..202695f78 100644
--- a/tests/src/filemanager/filegui_is_wildcarded.c
+++ b/tests/src/filemanager/filegui_is_wildcarded.c
@@ -65,48 +65,48 @@ static const struct test_is_wildcarded_ds
     gboolean expected_result;
 } test_is_wildcarded_ds[] =
 {
-    {
+    { /* 0 */
         "blabla",
         FALSE
     },
-    {
+    { /* 1 */
         "bla?bla",
         FALSE
     },
-    {
+    { /* 2 */
         "bla*bla",
         TRUE
     },
-    {
+    { /* 3 */
         "bla\\*bla",
-        TRUE
+        FALSE
     },
 
-    {
+    { /* 4 */
         "bla\\\\*bla",
         TRUE
     },
-    {
+    { /* 5 */
         "bla\\1bla",
         TRUE
     },
-    {
+    { /* 6 */
         "bla\\\\1bla",
-        TRUE
+        FALSE
     },
-    {
+    { /* 7 */
         "bla\\\t\\\\1bla",
-        TRUE
+        FALSE
     },
-    {
+    { /* 8 */
         "bla\\\t\\\\\\1bla",
         TRUE
     },
-    {
+    { /* 9 */
         "bla\\9bla",
         TRUE
     },
-    {
+    { /* 10 */
         "blabla\\",
         FALSE
     },