diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-3302 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-3302
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f86e38a39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-3302
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Bugfix: Fix `fdopendir: not a directory` error for local backend
+
+The `check`, `list packs`, `prune` and `rebuild-index` commands failed
+for the local backend when the `data` folder in the repository contained
+files. This has been fixed.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/3302
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/3308
diff --git a/internal/backend/local/local.go b/internal/backend/local/local.go
index 8e9625734..11d450d9d 100644
--- a/internal/backend/local/local.go
+++ b/internal/backend/local/local.go
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ func (b *Local) List(ctx context.Context, t restic.FileType, fn func(restic.File
 	if subdirs {
 		err = visitDirs(ctx, basedir, fn)
 	} else {
-		err = visitFiles(ctx, basedir, fn)
+		err = visitFiles(ctx, basedir, fn, false)
 	}
 
 	if b.IsNotExist(err) {
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ func visitDirs(ctx context.Context, dir string, fn func(restic.FileInfo) error)
 	}
 
 	for _, f := range sub {
-		err = visitFiles(ctx, filepath.Join(dir, f), fn)
+		err = visitFiles(ctx, filepath.Join(dir, f), fn, true)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -287,12 +287,19 @@ func visitDirs(ctx context.Context, dir string, fn func(restic.FileInfo) error)
 	return ctx.Err()
 }
 
-func visitFiles(ctx context.Context, dir string, fn func(restic.FileInfo) error) error {
+func visitFiles(ctx context.Context, dir string, fn func(restic.FileInfo) error, ignoreNotADirectory bool) error {
 	d, err := fs.Open(dir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if ignoreNotADirectory {
+		fi, err := d.Stat()
+		if err != nil || !fi.IsDir() {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
 	sub, err := d.Readdir(-1)
 	if err != nil {
 		// ignore subsequent errors