diff --git a/thunar/thunar-dialogs.c b/thunar/thunar-dialogs.c
index 90ef5a9..d55a0b4 100644
--- a/thunar/thunar-dialogs.c
+++ b/thunar/thunar-dialogs.c
@@ -303,6 +303,11 @@ thunar_dialogs_show_error (gpointer      parent,
 
   _thunar_return_if_fail (parent == NULL || GDK_IS_SCREEN (parent) || GTK_IS_WIDGET (parent));
 
+  /* do not display error dialog for already handled errors */
+  if (error->code == G_IO_ERROR_FAILED_HANDLED) {
+   return;
+  }
+
   /* parse the parent pointer */
   screen = thunar_util_parse_parent (parent, &window);