diff --git a/src/workgroups-specialbufs.el b/src/workgroups-specialbufs.el
index 8c4cd1f3c2577801518d5930394122a1e6ee5257..75aa29c54def33ee81d00fb5817325f623fca92c 100644
--- a/src/workgroups-specialbufs.el
+++ b/src/workgroups-specialbufs.el
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@
   "Deserialize Dired buffer."
   (wg-dbind (this-function params) (wg-buf-special-data buf)
     (let ((dir (car params)))
-      (if (file-exists-p dir)
-          (dired dir))
+      (if (or wg-restore-remote-buffers (not (wg-is-file-remote dir)))
+          (if (file-exists-p dir)
+              (dired dir)))
       (current-buffer))))
 
 (defun wg-serialize-dired-buffer (buffer)