diff --git a/pkgs/drracket-pkgs/drracket/drracket/private/get-module-path.rkt b/pkgs/drracket-pkgs/drracket/drracket/private/get-module-path.rkt
index 8fb8878933..4bad74e8b7 100644
--- a/pkgs/drracket-pkgs/drracket/drracket/private/get-module-path.rkt
+++ b/pkgs/drracket-pkgs/drracket/drracket/private/get-module-path.rkt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
          #:pref [pref symbol?]
          #:dir? [dir? boolean?])
         [res (dir?)
-             (if dir?
+             (if (or dir? (not (equal? dir? the-unsupplied-arg)))
                  (listof path?)
                  (or/c path? #f))])]))