diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/Utils.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/Utils.kt
index 59e18dc1..aa01c5eb 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/Utils.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/Utils.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.simplemobiletools.filemanager
 import android.Manifest
 import android.content.Context
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager
+import android.os.Build
 import android.support.v4.content.ContextCompat
 import android.widget.Toast
 import com.simplemobiletools.filepicker.extensions.getSDCardPath
@@ -31,7 +32,11 @@ object Utils {
         return matcher.matches()
     }
 
+    fun needsStupidWritePermissions(context: Context, path: String) = isPathOnSD(context, path) && isKitkat()
+
     fun isPathOnSD(context: Context, path: String): Boolean {
         return path.startsWith(context.getSDCardPath())
     }
+
+    fun isKitkat() = Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/activities/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/activities/MainActivity.kt
index 5c229fbb..70f5512d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/activities/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/filemanager/activities/MainActivity.kt
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class MainActivity : SimpleActivity(), ItemsFragment.ItemInteractionListener, Br
 
     fun checkStupidAndroidFiveSDCardWritePermission(pickedPath: String): Boolean {
         val file = File(pickedPath)
-        return if (!file.canWrite() && Utils.isPathOnSD(applicationContext, pickedPath) && mConfig.treeUri.isEmpty()) {
+        return if (!file.canWrite() && Utils.needsStupidWritePermissions(applicationContext, pickedPath) && mConfig.treeUri.isEmpty()) {
             val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT_TREE)
             startActivityForResult(intent, OPEN_DOCUMENT_TREE)
             false