diff --git a/src/views/backups.html b/src/views/backups.html
index 5c0e2af2a..0759dcaff 100644
--- a/src/views/backups.html
+++ b/src/views/backups.html
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
             </div>
 
             <!-- SSHFS/CIFS -->
-            <div class="form-group" ng-class="{ 'has-error': configureBackup.error.mountPoint || !configureBackup.mountPoint }" ng-show="configureBackup.provider === 'sshfs' || configureBackup.provider === 'cifs'">
+            <div class="form-group" ng-class="{ 'has-error': configureBackup.error.mountPoint || (configureBackupForm.mountPoint.$dirty && !configureBackup.mountPoint) }" ng-show="configureBackup.provider === 'sshfs' || configureBackup.provider === 'cifs'">
               <label class="control-label" for="inputConfigureMountPoint">Mount point</label>
               <input type="text" class="form-control" ng-model="configureBackup.mountPoint" id="inputConfigureMountPoint" name="mountPoint" ng-disabled="configureBackup.busy" placeholder="Folder where filesystem is mounted" ng-required="configureBackup.provider === 'sshfs' || configureBackup.provider === 'cifs'">
               <p>The mount point has to be setup manually. See <a ng-href="{{ config.webServerOrigin }}/documentation/backups/#{{ configureBackup.provider }}" target="_blank">docs</a>.</p>