diff --git a/config/plugins/vimfiler.vim b/config/plugins/vimfiler.vim
index 223d4b81d..a7a706df1 100644
--- a/config/plugins/vimfiler.vim
+++ b/config/plugins/vimfiler.vim
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ call vimfiler#custom#profile('default', 'context', {
 augroup vfinit
   au!
   autocmd FileType vimfiler call s:vimfilerinit()
-  autocmd BufEnter * if (winnr('$') == 1 && &filetype ==# 'vimfiler') |
+  autocmd BufEnter * if (!has('vim_starting') && winnr('$') == 1 && &filetype ==# 'vimfiler') |
         \ q | endif
 augroup END
 function! s:vimfilerinit()