diff --git a/autotests/jobtest.cpp b/autotests/jobtest.cpp
--- a/autotests/jobtest.cpp
+++ b/autotests/jobtest.cpp
@@ -1096,7 +1096,7 @@
 #else
     QCOMPARE(job->totalFiles(), 7ULL); // see expected result in listRecursive() above
     QCOMPARE(job->totalSubdirs(), 4ULL); // see expected result in listRecursive() above
-    QVERIFY2(job->totalSize() >= 60, qPrintable(QString("totalSize was %1").arg(job->totalSize()))); // size of subdir entries is filesystem dependent. E.g. this is 16428 with ext4 but only 272 with xfs, and 63 on FreeBSD
+    QCOMPARE(job->totalSize(), 4 * 11); // expected result in listRecursive() has 4 files with "hello world"
 #endif
 
     qApp->sendPostedEvents(nullptr, QEvent::DeferredDelete);
diff --git a/src/core/directorysizejob.cpp b/src/core/directorysizejob.cpp
--- a/src/core/directorysizejob.cpp
+++ b/src/core/directorysizejob.cpp
@@ -158,11 +158,8 @@
         }
         const KIO::filesize_t size = entry.numberValue(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_SIZE, 0);
         const QString name = entry.stringValue(KIO::UDSEntry::UDS_NAME);
-        if (name == QLatin1String(".")) {
-            m_totalSize += size;
-            //qDebug() << "'.': added" << size << "->" << m_totalSize;
-        } else if (name != QLatin1String("..")) {
-            if (!entry.isLink()) {
+        if (name != QLatin1String("..") && name != QLatin1String(".")) {
+            if (!entry.isLink() && !entry.isDir()) {
                 m_totalSize += size;
             }
             if (!entry.isDir()) {