diff --git a/modules/editor/evil/autoload/unimpaired.el b/modules/editor/evil/autoload/unimpaired.el
index 0e64d427b..b698b56ea 100644
--- a/modules/editor/evil/autoload/unimpaired.el
+++ b/modules/editor/evil/autoload/unimpaired.el
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ See `+evil/next-preproc-directive' for details."
     (user-error "Must be called from a file-visiting buffer"))
   (let* ((directory (file-name-directory buffer-file-name))
          (filename (file-name-nondirectory buffer-file-name))
-         (files (cl-remove-if #'file-directory-p (doom-glob (file-name-directory buffer-file-name) "[!.]*")))
+         (files (cl-remove-if-not #'file-regular-p (doom-glob (file-name-directory buffer-file-name) "[!.]*")))
          (index (cl-position filename files :test #'file-equal-p)))
     (when (null index)
       (user-error "Couldn't find this file in current directory"))