diff --git a/src/PyMca5/PyMcaGui/io/hdf5/HDF5Widget.py b/src/PyMca5/PyMcaGui/io/hdf5/HDF5Widget.py
index 869573ff2..3a051ebce 100644
--- a/src/PyMca5/PyMcaGui/io/hdf5/HDF5Widget.py
+++ b/src/PyMca5/PyMcaGui/io/hdf5/HDF5Widget.py
@@ -291,8 +291,8 @@ def children(self):
                                         pass
                                     else:
                                         finalListIsTrue = False
-                            else:
-                                finalListIsTrue = False
+                                else:
+                                    finalListIsTrue = False
                         if finalListIsTrue and not isinstance(finalList[i][1], str):
                             finalList[i][1]._posixPath = posixpath.join(self.name,
                                                                finalList[i][0])