diff --git a/contrib/completion/bash/docker b/contrib/completion/bash/docker
index 115cc15b39..ca874bc10c 100755
--- a/contrib/completion/bash/docker
+++ b/contrib/completion/bash/docker
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ _docker_cp() {
 			(( counter++ ))
 
 			if [ $cword -eq $counter ]; then
-				_filedir
+				_filedir -d
 				return
 			fi
 			;;