diff -Naur mc-4.6.2/src/main.c mc-4.6.2.tpg/src/main.c
--- mc-4.6.2/src/main.c	2009-02-03 23:14:12.000000000 +0000
+++ mc-4.6.2.tpg/src/main.c	2009-02-03 23:15:13.000000000 +0000
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@
     directory = *new_dir ? new_dir : home_dir;
 
     ret_panel=panel;
-    if (mc_chdir (directory) == -1) {
+    if (strchr(directory,'\n') || mc_chdir (directory) == -1) {
 	strcpy (panel->cwd, olddir);
 	g_free (olddir);
 	g_free (translated_url);