diff --git a/Userland/Applications/FileManager/DirectoryView.cpp b/Userland/Applications/FileManager/DirectoryView.cpp
index 005c9fb650..ddfba640f6 100644
--- a/Userland/Applications/FileManager/DirectoryView.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Applications/FileManager/DirectoryView.cpp
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ bool DirectoryView::can_modify_current_selection()
     // FIXME: remove once Clang formats this properly.
     // clang-format off
     return selections.first_matching([&](auto& index) {
-        return FileSystem::can_delete_or_move(node(index).full_path());
+        return node(index).can_delete_or_move();
     }).has_value();
     // clang-format on
 }
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/FileSystemModel.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/FileSystemModel.cpp
index 7c7cae44de..761679f87d 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/FileSystemModel.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/FileSystemModel.cpp
@@ -159,6 +159,13 @@ void FileSystemModel::Node::traverse_if_needed()
     }
 }
 
+bool FileSystemModel::Node::can_delete_or_move() const
+{
+    if (!m_can_delete_or_move.has_value())
+        m_can_delete_or_move = FileSystem::can_delete_or_move(full_path());
+    return m_can_delete_or_move.value();
+}
+
 OwnPtr<FileSystemModel::Node> FileSystemModel::Node::create_child(DeprecatedString const& child_name)
 {
     DeprecatedString child_path = LexicalPath::join(full_path(), child_name).string();
diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/FileSystemModel.h b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/FileSystemModel.h
index 3120a5de30..86b14076c0 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/FileSystemModel.h
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibGUI/FileSystemModel.h
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ public:
         int error() const { return m_error; }
         char const* error_string() const { return strerror(m_error); }
 
+        bool can_delete_or_move() const;
+
         DeprecatedString full_path() const;
 
     private:
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ public:
 
         Node* m_parent { nullptr };
         Vector<NonnullOwnPtr<Node>> m_children;
+        mutable Optional<bool> m_can_delete_or_move;
         bool m_has_traversed { false };
 
         bool m_selected { false };