diff --git a/lua/telescope/pickers.lua b/lua/telescope/pickers.lua
index 624ab00..09a062f 100644
--- a/lua/telescope/pickers.lua
+++ b/lua/telescope/pickers.lua
@@ -1049,7 +1049,7 @@ function Picker:get_result_processor(find_id, prompt, status_updater)
     -- a ton of time on large results.
     log.trace("Processing result... ", entry)
     for _, v in ipairs(self.file_ignore_patterns or {}) do
-      local file = type(entry.value) == "string" and entry.value or entry.filename
+      local file = vim.F.if_nil(entry.filename, type(entry.value) == "string" and entry.value) -- false if none is true
       if file then
         if string.find(file, v) then
           log.trace("SKIPPING", entry.value, "because", v)