diff --git a/src/platformtheme/kdeplatformfiledialoghelper.cpp b/src/platformtheme/kdeplatformfiledialoghelper.cpp
--- a/src/platformtheme/kdeplatformfiledialoghelper.cpp
+++ b/src/platformtheme/kdeplatformfiledialoghelper.cpp
@@ -362,10 +362,14 @@
 {
     m_dialog->selectFile(filename);
 
-    // Qt 5 at least <= 5.8.0 does not derive the directory from the passed url
+#if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 7, 1)
+    // Qt 5 at least <= 5.7.1 does not derive the directory from the passed url
     // and set the initialDirectory option accordingly, also not for known schemes
     // like file://, so we have to do it ourselves
-    options()->setInitialDirectory(m_dialog->directory());
+    if (QLatin1String(qVersion()) < QLatin1String("5.7.1")) {
+        options()->setInitialDirectory(m_dialog->directory());
+    }
+#endif
 }
 
 void KDEPlatformFileDialogHelper::setDirectory(const QUrl &directory)