diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index fd73655..e2ad8dd 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 pcmanfm-qt (1.1.0-0ubuntu4) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
   * Backport some upstream patches:
+    - Prevent an empty desktop path.
+      + https://github.com/lxqt/pcmanfm-qt/pull/1601
+      + https://github.com/lxqt/pcmanfm-qt/commit/f1438b
 
  -- Simon Quigley <tsimonq2@ubuntu.com>  Tue, 21 Jun 2022 23:58:05 -0500
 
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index c4a547c..444bd2e 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 scaling-pr-1596.patch
 add-manual.patch
+upstream-pr-1601.patch
diff --git a/debian/patches/upstream-pr-1601.patch b/debian/patches/upstream-pr-1601.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e03be0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/upstream-pr-1601.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+From f1438b2b3eec8a1c60532ae5d9fcd654138dc5e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: tsujan <tsujan2000@gmail.com>
+Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2022 11:14:03 +0430
+Subject: [PATCH] Prevent an empty desktop path (#1601)
+
+Fall back to `$HOME/Desktop` if `~/.config/user-dirs.dirs` doesn't exist or doesn't contain a desktop path. But if `~/.config/user-dirs.dirs` contains an empty desktop path, accept it.
+
+See https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt-session/issues/439 for the story.
+---
+ pcmanfm/desktoppreferencesdialog.cpp |  1 -
+ pcmanfm/xdgdir.cpp                   | 34 ++++++++++++++++------------
+ 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/pcmanfm/desktoppreferencesdialog.cpp b/pcmanfm/desktoppreferencesdialog.cpp
+index b25f6435..465095c6 100644
+--- a/pcmanfm/desktoppreferencesdialog.cpp
++++ b/pcmanfm/desktoppreferencesdialog.cpp
+@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
+ #include <QFile>
+ #include <QDir>
+ #include <QSaveFile>
+-#include <QRegExp>
+ #include <QDebug>
+ #include <QStandardPaths>
+ #include <libfm-qt/filedialog.h>
+diff --git a/pcmanfm/xdgdir.cpp b/pcmanfm/xdgdir.cpp
+index 9fd9a7b0..edc5a848 100644
+--- a/pcmanfm/xdgdir.cpp
++++ b/pcmanfm/xdgdir.cpp
+@@ -18,10 +18,13 @@
+ 
+ #include "xdgdir.h"
+ #include <QStandardPaths>
++#include <QRegularExpression>
+ #include <QFile>
+ #include <QDir>
+ #include <QSaveFile>
+ 
++static const QRegularExpression desktopRegex(QStringLiteral("XDG_DESKTOP_DIR=\"([^\n]*)\""));
++
+ QString XdgDir::readUserDirsFile() {
+     QFile file(QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::ConfigLocation) + QStringLiteral("/user-dirs.dirs"));
+     if(file.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly | QIODevice::Text)) {
+@@ -34,30 +37,33 @@ QString XdgDir::readUserDirsFile() {
+ 
+ QString XdgDir::readDesktopDir() {
+     QString str = readUserDirsFile();
+-    if(str.isEmpty())
+-        return QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::HomeLocation) + QStringLiteral("/Desktop");
+-    QRegExp reg(QStringLiteral("XDG_DESKTOP_DIR=\"([^\n]*)\""));
+-    if(reg.lastIndexIn(str) != -1) {
+-        str = reg.cap(1);
+-        if(str.startsWith(QStringLiteral("$HOME")))
+-            str = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::HomeLocation) + str.mid(5);
+-        return str;
++    if(!str.isEmpty()) {
++        QRegularExpressionMatch match;
++        if(str.lastIndexOf(desktopRegex, -1, &match) != -1) {
++            str = match.captured(1);
++            if(str.startsWith(QStringLiteral("$HOME"))) {
++                str = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::HomeLocation) + str.mid(5);
++            }
++            return str;
++        }
+     }
+-    return QString();
++    return QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::HomeLocation) + QStringLiteral("/Desktop");
+ }
+ 
+ void XdgDir::setDesktopDir(QString path) {
+     QString home = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::HomeLocation);
+-    if(path.startsWith(home))
++    if(path.startsWith(home)) {
+         path = QStringLiteral("$HOME") + path.mid(home.length());
++    }
+     QString str = readUserDirsFile();
+-    QRegExp reg(QStringLiteral("XDG_DESKTOP_DIR=\"([^\n]*)\""));
+     QString line = QStringLiteral("XDG_DESKTOP_DIR=\"") + path + QLatin1Char('\"');
+-    if(reg.indexIn(str) != -1)
+-        str.replace(reg, line);
++    if(str.contains(desktopRegex)) {
++        str.replace(desktopRegex, line);
++    }
+     else {
+-        if(!str.endsWith(QLatin1Char('\n')))
++        if(!str.endsWith(QLatin1Char('\n'))) {
+             str += QLatin1Char('\n');
++        }
+         str += line + QLatin1Char('\n');
+     }
+     QString dir = QStandardPaths::writableLocation(QStandardPaths::ConfigLocation);