diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/javahg/HgFileviewCommandResultReader.java b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/javahg/HgFileviewCommandResultReader.java
index b93b9b2fb0..c8d03c7d8e 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/javahg/HgFileviewCommandResultReader.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/javahg/HgFileviewCommandResultReader.java
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ class HgFileviewCommandResultReader {
 
   private boolean isParent(FileObject parent, FileObject child) {
     String parentPath = parent.getPath();
-    if (parentPath.equals("")) {
-      return true;
-    }
     return child.getParentPath().equals(parentPath);
   }
 
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/javahg/HgFileviewCommandResultReaderTest.java b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/javahg/HgFileviewCommandResultReaderTest.java
index 33ed321867..fa299877a8 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/javahg/HgFileviewCommandResultReaderTest.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-hg-plugin/src/test/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/javahg/HgFileviewCommandResultReaderTest.java
@@ -64,6 +64,22 @@ class HgFileviewCommandResultReaderTest {
     assertThat(fileObject.isTruncated()).isTrue();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void shouldParseSubDirectory() throws IOException {
+    HgFileviewCommandResultReader reader = new MockInput()
+      .dir("dir")
+      .file("dir/a.txt")
+      .build();
+
+    FileObject fileObject = reader.parseResult();
+
+    assertThat(fileObject.isDirectory()).isTrue();
+    assertThat(fileObject.getName()).isEqualTo("dir");
+    assertThat(fileObject.getChildren())
+      .extracting("name")
+      .containsExactly("a.txt");
+  }
+
   @Test
   void shouldParseRecursiveResult() throws IOException {
     HgFileviewCommandResultReader reader = new MockInput()