diff --git a/frontend/src/components/dialog/select-dirent-body.js b/frontend/src/components/dialog/select-dirent-body.js
index eb2ad438e2..7af034bca8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/dialog/select-dirent-body.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/dialog/select-dirent-body.js
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ class SelectDirentBody extends React.Component {
     try {
       const res = await seafileAPI.getRepoInfo(this.props.repoID);
       const repoInfo = new RepoInfo(res.data);
-      this.props.setSelectedPath('/');
       this.setState({
         currentRepoInfo: repoInfo,
         selectedRepo: repoInfo,
@@ -60,9 +59,6 @@ class SelectDirentBody extends React.Component {
       const repoList = repos.filter((repo) => repo.permission === 'rw' && repo.repo_id !== this.props.repoID);
       const sortedRepoList = Utils.sortRepos(repoList, 'name', 'asc');
       const selectedRepo = sortedRepoList.find((repo) => repo.repo_id === this.props.repoID);
-      const path = this.props.path.substring(0, this.props.path.length - 1);
-
-      this.props.setSelectedPath(path);
       this.setState({
         repoList: sortedRepoList,
         selectedRepo: selectedRepo || this.state.selectedRepo,
@@ -92,10 +88,6 @@ class SelectDirentBody extends React.Component {
     });
   };
 
-  selectPath = (path) => {
-    this.props.setSelectedPath(path);
-  };
-
   setBrowsingPath = (path) => {
     this.setState({ browsingPath: path });
   };
@@ -158,7 +150,7 @@ class SelectDirentBody extends React.Component {
               onDirentItemClick={this.onDirentItemClick}
               selectSearchedItem={this.selectSearchedItem}
               selectRepo={this.onSelectSearchedRepo}
-              selectPath={this.selectPath}
+              setSelectedPath={this.props.setSelectedPath}
               setBrowsingPath={this.setBrowsingPath}
             />
           )}
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/file-chooser/searcher/index.js b/frontend/src/components/file-chooser/searcher/index.js
index f4f9e3eec7..e94c24652f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/file-chooser/searcher/index.js
+++ b/frontend/src/components/file-chooser/searcher/index.js
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export const SearchStatus = {
   BROWSING: 'browsing',
 };
 
-const Searcher = ({ searchStatus, onUpdateSearchStatus, onDirentItemClick, selectSearchedItem, selectRepo, selectPath, setBrowsingPath }) => {
+const Searcher = ({ searchStatus, onUpdateSearchStatus, onDirentItemClick, selectSearchedItem, selectRepo, setSelectedPath, setBrowsingPath }) => {
   const [inputValue, setInputValue] = useState('');
   const [isResultsPopoverOpen, setIsResultsPopoverOpen] = useState(false);
   const [searchResults, setSearchResults] = useState([]);
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ const Searcher = ({ searchStatus, onUpdateSearchStatus, onDirentItemClick, selec
       const repoInfo = new RepoInfo(res.data);
       const path = item.path.substring(0, item.path.length - 1);
       selectRepo(repoInfo);
-      selectPath(path);
+      setSelectedPath(path);
       setBrowsingPath(item.path.substring(0, item.path.length - 1));
     }).catch(err => {
       const errMessage = Utils.getErrorMsg(err);
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ Searcher.propTypes = {
   onDirentItemClick: PropTypes.func,
   selectSearchedItem: PropTypes.func,
   selectRepo: PropTypes.func,
-  selectPath: PropTypes.func,
+  setSelectedPath: PropTypes.func,
   setBrowsingPath: PropTypes.func,
 };