diff --git a/picard/file.py b/picard/file.py
index 567a6d05b..e1e93303c 100644
--- a/picard/file.py
+++ b/picard/file.py
@@ -357,12 +357,12 @@ class File(QtCore.QObject, Item):
             pattern_regex = re.compile(fnmatch.translate(pattern), re.IGNORECASE)
             for old_file in os.listdir(old_path):
                 if pattern_regex.match(old_file):
-                    new_file = os.path.join(new_path, old_file)
                     old_file = os.path.join(old_path, old_file)
                     # FIXME we shouldn't do this from a thread!
                     if self.tagger.files.get(decode_filename(old_file)):
                         log.debug("File loaded in the tagger, not moving %r", old_file)
                         continue
+                    new_file = os.path.join(new_path, old_file)
                     log.debug("Moving %r to %r", old_file, new_file)
                     shutil.move(old_file, new_file)