diff --git a/apps/files/ajax/rename.php b/apps/files/ajax/rename.php
index 45448279fa161d46137c2bddee952060eaa6a584..cb0bec399d108fb094f0faccda8b897588d9a564 100644
--- a/apps/files/ajax/rename.php
+++ b/apps/files/ajax/rename.php
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ $file = stripslashes($_GET["file"]);
 $newname = stripslashes($_GET["newname"]);
 
 // Delete
-if( OC_Files::move( $dir, $file, $dir, $newname )) {
+if( $newname !== '.' and OC_Files::move( $dir, $file, $dir, $newname )) {
 	OCP\JSON::success(array("data" => array( "dir" => $dir, "file" => $file, "newname" => $newname )));
 }
 else{
diff --git a/apps/files/js/filelist.js b/apps/files/js/filelist.js
index 96dd0323d29a4b463ca96d2f6c789fc63a0deb91..cc47ec2612e1bc79d24776d6cde9c4fd4f899388 100644
--- a/apps/files/js/filelist.js
+++ b/apps/files/js/filelist.js
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ var FileList={
 			event.stopPropagation();
 			event.preventDefault();
 			var newname=input.val();
-			if (Files.containsInvalidCharacters(newname)) {
+			if (Files.containsInvalidCharacters(newname) || newname === '.') {
 				return false;
 			}
 			if (newname != name) {