diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/activity/ReceiveExternalFilesActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/activity/ReceiveExternalFilesActivity.java
index 90ff8ab92cd7..50f08eff5c4a 100755
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/activity/ReceiveExternalFilesActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/activity/ReceiveExternalFilesActivity.java
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Stack;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 
@@ -743,6 +744,10 @@ private void populateDirectoryList() {
         if (mFile != null) {
             List<OCFile> files = getStorageManager().getFolderContent(mFile, false);
 
+            // NMC-2893 Task
+            // Filtering and showing only files which are folder
+            files = files.stream().filter(OCFile::isFolder).collect(Collectors.toList());
+
             if (files.isEmpty()) {
                 setMessageForEmptyList(R.string.file_list_empty_headline, R.string.empty,
                                        R.drawable.uploads);