diff --git a/src/plugins/subversion/subversionplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/subversion/subversionplugin.cpp
index 66c4ecfc0e6de2a5710e6e8460c04988f929e894..34de9a7e4aee21f28fe74b783733fe8b4c9b785c 100644
--- a/src/plugins/subversion/subversionplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/subversion/subversionplugin.cpp
@@ -1393,7 +1393,7 @@ bool SubversionPlugin::managesDirectory(const QString &directory, QString *topLe
             }
         }
     }
-    return false;
+    return true;
 }
 
 // Check whether SVN management subdirs exist.