diff --git a/src/documents/tests/test_file_handling.py b/src/documents/tests/test_file_handling.py
index 912d02573..c4d5f7f32 100644
--- a/src/documents/tests/test_file_handling.py
+++ b/src/documents/tests/test_file_handling.py
@@ -264,6 +264,8 @@ class TestDate(TestCase):
                          "/documents/originals/none/none"), False)
         self.assertEqual(os.path.isdir(settings.MEDIA_ROOT +
                          "/documents/originals/none"), False)
+        self.assertEqual(os.path.isdir(settings.MEDIA_ROOT +
+                         "/documents/originals"), False)
 
     @override_settings(MEDIA_ROOT="/tmp/paperless-tests-{}".
                        format(str(uuid4())[:8]))