diff --git a/sd/source/ui/animations/CustomAnimationDialog.cxx b/sd/source/ui/animations/CustomAnimationDialog.cxx
index 434ef3867551..3d300d46d560 100644
--- a/sd/source/ui/animations/CustomAnimationDialog.cxx
+++ b/sd/source/ui/animations/CustomAnimationDialog.cxx
@@ -1540,7 +1540,7 @@ void CustomAnimationEffectTabPage::openSoundFileDialog()
 {
     SdOpenSoundFileDialog   aFileDialog;
 
-    OUString aFile( SvtPathOptions().GetGraphicPath() );
+    OUString aFile( SvtPathOptions().GetWorkPath() );
     aFileDialog.SetPath( aFile );
 
     bool bValidSoundFile = false;