diff --git a/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb b/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb
index d314c90c9..074dfa41a 100644
--- a/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/repositories_helper.rb
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ module RepositoriesHelper
   def filesystem_field_tags(form, repository)
     content_tag('p', form.text_field(:url, :label => 'Root directory',
                      :size => 60, :required => true,
-                     :disabled => (repository && !repository.root_url.blank?)))
+                     :disabled => (repository && !repository.root_url.blank?))) +
     content_tag('p', form.select(:path_encoding, [nil] + Setting::ENCODINGS,
                                  :label => 'Path encoding'))
   end