src/nnn.c | 6 ++++--

diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index d5421695d56cfd99118186bf6944213f2ef43b56..f4224a14438cac29b1ae1fb827f41585acd32bd1 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -6042,9 +6042,11 @@ 			case SEL_RENAME:
 				/* Skip renaming to same name */
 				if (strcmp(tmp, dents[cur].name) == 0) {
 					tmp = xreadline(dents[cur].name, messages[MSG_COPY_NAME]);
-					if (strcmp(tmp, dents[cur].name) == 0)
+					if (!tmp || !tmp[0] || !strcmp(tmp, dents[cur].name)) {
+						cfg.filtermode ?  presel = FILTER : statusbar(path);
+						copycurname();
 						goto nochange;
-
+					}
 					ret = 'd';
 				}
 				break;