diff --git a/libretroshare/src/file_sharing/p3filelists.cc b/libretroshare/src/file_sharing/p3filelists.cc
index 2a35dfdc5..2c30b6813 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/file_sharing/p3filelists.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/file_sharing/p3filelists.cc
@@ -1193,6 +1193,7 @@ void p3FileDatabase::tickRecv()
 	  {
           RsFileListsSyncResponseItem *sitem = dynamic_cast<RsFileListsSyncResponseItem*>(item);
 		  handleDirSyncResponse(sitem) ;
+          item = sitem ;
       }
 		  break ;
       default: