diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php
index c8d031587c..9b0ac42ba2 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-direct.php
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ class WP_Filesystem_Direct{
 			$struc['lastmodunix']= $this->mtime($path.'/'.$entry);
 			$struc['lastmod']   = date('M j',$struc['lastmodunix']);
 			$struc['time']    	= date('h:i:s',$struc['lastmodunix']);
-			$struc['type']		= $this->is_dir($path.'/'.$entry) ? 'folder' : 'file';
+			$struc['type']		= $this->is_dir($path.'/'.$entry) ? 'd' : 'f';
 			if('folder' == $struc['type'] ){
 				$struc['files'] = array();