diff --git a/apps/files/js/filelist.js b/apps/files/js/filelist.js
index f4ca098eed154c4c8c5e72dbffb6dcce73777ff2..7027273664fd2a55719aa6d448a78ca3d4940556 100644
--- a/apps/files/js/filelist.js
+++ b/apps/files/js/filelist.js
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 				}
 				var date=new Date();
 				var param = {};
-				if ($('#publicUploadRequestToken')) {
+				if ($('#publicUploadRequestToken').length) {
 					param.download_url = document.location.href + '&download&path=/' + $('#dir').val() + '/' + uniqueName;
 				}
 				// create new file context