diff --git a/client/src/fileutils.c b/client/src/fileutils.c
index 1833f74b9..fc9f08deb 100644
--- a/client/src/fileutils.c
+++ b/client/src/fileutils.c
@@ -206,12 +206,15 @@ char *newfilenamemcopyEx(const char *preferredName, const char *suffix, savePath
 
     char *pfn = fileName;
 
-    // user preference save paths
-    size_t save_path_len = path_size(e_save_path);
-    if (save_path_len && save_path_len < (FILE_PATH_SIZE - strlen(PATHSEP))) {
-        snprintf(pfn, len, "%s%s", g_session.defaultPaths[e_save_path], PATHSEP);
-        pfn += save_path_len + strlen(PATHSEP);
-        len -= save_path_len + strlen(PATHSEP);
+    // if given path is not an absolute path
+    if ((preferredName[0] !=  '/') && (preferredName[0] !=  '\\')) {
+        // user preference save paths
+        size_t save_path_len = path_size(e_save_path);
+        if (save_path_len && save_path_len < (FILE_PATH_SIZE - strlen(PATHSEP))) {
+            snprintf(pfn, len, "%s%s", g_session.defaultPaths[e_save_path], PATHSEP);
+            pfn += save_path_len + strlen(PATHSEP);
+            len -= save_path_len + strlen(PATHSEP);
+        }
     }
 
     // remove file extension if exist in name