diff --git a/src/core/kcoredirlister.cpp b/src/core/kcoredirlister.cpp
--- a/src/core/kcoredirlister.cpp
+++ b/src/core/kcoredirlister.cpp
@@ -1796,7 +1796,6 @@
         KFileItem item(*it, jobUrl, delayedMimeTypes, true);
 
         const QString name = item.name();
-        Q_ASSERT(!name.isEmpty());
 
         // we duplicate the check for dotdot here, to avoid iterating over
         // all items again and checking in matchesFilter() that way.
diff --git a/src/ioslaves/remote/remoteimpl.h b/src/ioslaves/remote/remoteimpl.h
--- a/src/ioslaves/remote/remoteimpl.h
+++ b/src/ioslaves/remote/remoteimpl.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 private:
     bool findDirectory(const QString &filename, QString &directory) const;
-    void createEntry(KIO::UDSEntry &entry, const QString &directory, const QString &file) const;
+    bool createEntry(KIO::UDSEntry &entry, const QString &directory, const QString &file) const;
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/ioslaves/remote/remoteimpl.cpp b/src/ioslaves/remote/remoteimpl.cpp
--- a/src/ioslaves/remote/remoteimpl.cpp
+++ b/src/ioslaves/remote/remoteimpl.cpp
@@ -53,17 +53,16 @@
             continue;
         }
 
-        const QStringList filenames = dir.entryList(QDir::Files | QDir::Readable);
+        const QStringList filenames = dir.entryList({QStringLiteral("*.desktop")},
+                                                    QDir::Files | QDir::Readable);
 
         KIO::UDSEntry entry;
 
         QStringList::ConstIterator name = filenames.constBegin();
         QStringList::ConstIterator endf = filenames.constEnd();
 
         for (; name != endf; ++name) {
-            if (!names_found.contains(*name)) {
-                entry.clear();
-                createEntry(entry, *dirpath, *name);
+            if (!names_found.contains(*name) && createEntry(entry, *dirpath, *name)) {
                 list.append(entry);
                 names_found.append(*name);
             }
@@ -166,21 +165,25 @@
     return url == QUrl(WIZARD_URL);
 }
 
-void RemoteImpl::createEntry(KIO::UDSEntry &entry, const QString &directory,
+bool RemoteImpl::createEntry(KIO::UDSEntry &entry, const QString &directory,
                              const QString &file) const
 {
     qCDebug(KIOREMOTE_LOG) << "RemoteImpl::createEntry";
 
     QString dir = directory;
     if (!dir.endsWith(QLatin1Char('/'))) {
         dir += QLatin1Char('/');
     }
+
     KDesktopFile desktop(dir + file);
 
-    qCDebug(KIOREMOTE_LOG) << "path = " << directory << file;
+    qCDebug(KIOREMOTE_LOG) << "path = " << directory << file << desktop.readName();
 
     entry.clear();
 
+    if (desktop.readName().isEmpty())
+        return false;
+
     QString new_filename = file;
     new_filename.truncate(file.length()-8);
 
@@ -195,19 +198,16 @@
     entry.insert(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_ICON_NAME, icon);
     entry.insert(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_LINK_DEST, desktop.readUrl());
     entry.insert(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_TARGET_URL, desktop.readUrl());
+    return true;
 }
 
 bool RemoteImpl::statNetworkFolder(KIO::UDSEntry &entry, const QString &filename) const
 {
     qCDebug(KIOREMOTE_LOG) << "RemoteImpl::statNetworkFolder: " << filename;
 
     QString directory;
-    if (findDirectory(filename+".desktop", directory)) {
-        createEntry(entry, directory, filename+".desktop");
-        return true;
-    }
-
-    return false;
+    return findDirectory(filename+".desktop", directory)
+        && createEntry(entry, directory, filename+".desktop");
 }
 
 bool RemoteImpl::deleteNetworkFolder(const QString &filename) const