diff --git a/runtime/lua/nvim/dir/fs.lua b/runtime/lua/nvim/dir/fs.lua
index 3bcfeee6d2..d599b70ba5 100644
--- a/runtime/lua/nvim/dir/fs.lua
+++ b/runtime/lua/nvim/dir/fs.lua
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ end
 
 ---@param path string
 function M.open_parent_path(path)
-  if path == '' then
+  if path == '' or path:find('^%a[%w+.-]*://') then
     navigate('.')
     return
   end
diff --git a/test/functional/plugin/dir_spec.lua b/test/functional/plugin/dir_spec.lua
index 54f9a6e95c..1f178932c8 100644
--- a/test/functional/plugin/dir_spec.lua
+++ b/test/functional/plugin/dir_spec.lua
@@ -376,15 +376,23 @@ describe('nvim.dir', function()
     eq(vim.fs.basename(root) .. '/', api.nvim_get_current_line())
   end)
 
-  it('maps - to open the current directory from an unnamed buffer', function()
+  it('maps - to open the current directory from a buffer with no path', function()
     make_fixture()
     n.clear({ args_rm = { '--cmd' }, args = { '--clean' } })
     local cwd = fn.getcwd()
+    command('terminal')
+    eq('terminal', api.nvim_get_option_value('buftype', { buf = 0 }))
     cd(root)
     finally(function()
       cd(cwd)
     end)
 
+    feed('-')
+    poke_eventloop()
+
+    assert_directory(root)
+
+    command('enew')
     eq('', api.nvim_buf_get_name(0))
     feed('-')
     poke_eventloop()