diff --git a/vcl/unx/kde4/KDE4FilePicker.cxx b/vcl/unx/kde4/KDE4FilePicker.cxx
index 94777329bcab..9758253840c7 100644
--- a/vcl/unx/kde4/KDE4FilePicker.cxx
+++ b/vcl/unx/kde4/KDE4FilePicker.cxx
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ uno::Sequence< OUString > SAL_CALL KDE4FilePicker::getFiles()
     if (seq.getLength() > 1)
         seq.realloc(1);
     if (seq.getLength() == 1)
-        seq[0] = urls.front();
+        seq[0] = toOUString(urls.front().url());
     return seq;
 }