diff --git a/modules/juce_core/files/juce_DirectoryIterator.cpp b/modules/juce_core/files/juce_DirectoryIterator.cpp
index 7d6dd4b13f..f2e09a61b1 100644
--- a/modules/juce_core/files/juce_DirectoryIterator.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_core/files/juce_DirectoryIterator.cpp
@@ -73,64 +73,71 @@ bool DirectoryIterator::next()
 bool DirectoryIterator::next (bool* const isDirResult, bool* const isHiddenResult, int64* const fileSize,
                               Time* const modTime, Time* const creationTime, bool* const isReadOnly)
 {
-    hasBeenAdvanced = true;
-
-    if (subIterator != nullptr)
+    for (;;)
     {
-        if (subIterator->next (isDirResult, isHiddenResult, fileSize, modTime, creationTime, isReadOnly))
-            return true;
+        hasBeenAdvanced = true;
 
-        subIterator = nullptr;
-    }
-
-    String filename;
-    bool isDirectory, isHidden = false;
-
-    while (fileFinder.next (filename, &isDirectory,
-                            (isHiddenResult != nullptr || (whatToLookFor & File::ignoreHiddenFiles) != 0) ? &isHidden : nullptr,
-                            fileSize, modTime, creationTime, isReadOnly))
-    {
-        ++index;
-
-        if (! filename.containsOnly ("."))
+        if (subIterator != nullptr)
         {
-            bool matches = false;
-
-            if (isDirectory)
-            {
-                if (isRecursive && ((whatToLookFor & File::ignoreHiddenFiles) == 0 || ! isHidden))
-                    subIterator = new DirectoryIterator (File::createFileWithoutCheckingPath (path + filename),
-                                                         true, wildCard, whatToLookFor);
-
-                matches = (whatToLookFor & File::findDirectories) != 0;
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                matches = (whatToLookFor & File::findFiles) != 0;
-            }
-
-            // if we're not relying on the OS iterator to do the wildcard match, do it now..
-            if (matches && (isRecursive || wildCards.size() > 1))
-                matches = fileMatches (wildCards, filename);
-
-            if (matches && (whatToLookFor & File::ignoreHiddenFiles) != 0)
-                matches = ! isHidden;
-
-            if (matches)
-            {
-                currentFile = File::createFileWithoutCheckingPath (path + filename);
-                if (isHiddenResult != nullptr)     *isHiddenResult = isHidden;
-                if (isDirResult != nullptr)        *isDirResult = isDirectory;
-
+            if (subIterator->next (isDirResult, isHiddenResult, fileSize, modTime, creationTime, isReadOnly))
                 return true;
-            }
 
-            if (subIterator != nullptr)
-                return next (isDirResult, isHiddenResult, fileSize, modTime, creationTime, isReadOnly);
+            subIterator = nullptr;
         }
-    }
 
-    return false;
+        String filename;
+        bool isDirectory, isHidden = false, shouldContinue = false;
+
+        while (fileFinder.next (filename, &isDirectory,
+                                (isHiddenResult != nullptr || (whatToLookFor & File::ignoreHiddenFiles) != 0) ? &isHidden : nullptr,
+                                fileSize, modTime, creationTime, isReadOnly))
+        {
+            ++index;
+
+            if (! filename.containsOnly ("."))
+            {
+                bool matches = false;
+
+                if (isDirectory)
+                {
+                    if (isRecursive && ((whatToLookFor & File::ignoreHiddenFiles) == 0 || ! isHidden))
+                        subIterator = new DirectoryIterator (File::createFileWithoutCheckingPath (path + filename),
+                                                             true, wildCard, whatToLookFor);
+
+                    matches = (whatToLookFor & File::findDirectories) != 0;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    matches = (whatToLookFor & File::findFiles) != 0;
+                }
+
+                // if we're not relying on the OS iterator to do the wildcard match, do it now..
+                if (matches && (isRecursive || wildCards.size() > 1))
+                    matches = fileMatches (wildCards, filename);
+
+                if (matches && (whatToLookFor & File::ignoreHiddenFiles) != 0)
+                    matches = ! isHidden;
+
+                if (matches)
+                {
+                    currentFile = File::createFileWithoutCheckingPath (path + filename);
+                    if (isHiddenResult != nullptr)     *isHiddenResult = isHidden;
+                    if (isDirResult != nullptr)        *isDirResult = isDirectory;
+
+                    return true;
+                }
+
+                if (subIterator != nullptr)
+                {
+                    shouldContinue = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (! shouldContinue)
+            return false;
+    }
 }
 
 const File& DirectoryIterator::getFile() const