diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php
index 62ade49136..9c15a9883b 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpext.php
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ class WP_Filesystem_FTPext extends WP_Filesystem_Base {
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
 	public function exists($file) {
-		$list = @ftp_nlist($this->link, $file);
+		$list = @ftp_rawlist( $this->link, '-a ' . $file );
 
 		if ( empty( $list ) && $this->is_dir( $file ) ) {
 			return true; // File is an empty directory.
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php
index 1db9dc136a..b8ed10ae22 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/includes/class-wp-filesystem-ftpsockets.php
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ class WP_Filesystem_ftpsockets extends WP_Filesystem_Base {
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
 	public function exists( $file ) {
-		$list = $this->ftp->nlist( $file );
+		$list = $this->ftp->rawlist( $file, '-a' );
 
 		if ( empty( $list ) && $this->is_dir( $file ) ) {
 			return true; // File is an empty directory.