diff --git a/share/completions/rsync.fish b/share/completions/rsync.fish
index 79cf6e19f..6d860099b 100644
--- a/share/completions/rsync.fish
+++ b/share/completions/rsync.fish
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ complete -c rsync -d "Remote path" -n "commandline -ct | string match -q '*:*'"
 )(
 	# Get the list of remote files from the specified rsync server.
         rsync --list-only (__rsync_remote_target) 2>/dev/null | string replace -r '^d.*' '\$0/' |
-        string replace -r '(\S+\s+){4}' '' $(set -q new_escaping[1]; or echo ' | string escape -n'; echo)
+        string replace -r '(\S+\s+){4}' '' |
+        string match --invert './' $(set -q new_escaping[1]; or echo ' | string escape -n'; echo)
 )
 "