diff --git a/src/slideshow.c b/src/slideshow.c
index d62f7808767a19b093da00382b4b8f64443e836f..d736d6f741cba30c0bf6499726ed67c73c9e5a6e 100644
--- a/src/slideshow.c
+++ b/src/slideshow.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ slideshow_change_image(winwidget winwid, int change)
 
    /* Without this, clicking a one-image slideshow reloads it. Not very *
       intelligent behaviour :-) */
-   if (filelist_len < 2)
+   if (filelist_len < 2 && opt.cycle_once == 0)
       D_RETURN_(4);
 
    /* Ok. I do this in such an odd way to ensure that if the last or first *