diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 04dae9b660113c51fc70f21c8761e5d04d6454a2..f5c4421e88a1b50915f21b53cc9b43096b8a4324 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ CVS code -
 	- Port to the Tandem NonStop Kernel (nsr-tandem-nsk). (Tom
 	  Bates; minor tweaks by DLR)
 - files.c:
+  do_insertfile()
+	- Wrap one reference to NANO_EXTCMD_KEY in a NANO_SMALL #ifdef.
+	  (DLR)
   add_open_files()
 	- Make the saving of marked status in open_files->file_flags
 	  work properly again; a tweak to the ISSET() macro in 1.3.0
diff --git a/src/files.c b/src/files.c
index d69c46b8734f6fcd953a80a4c99499ab3a40ac13..ea9dd368b9eee01ab1b2cb6369f84e93795fe4c5 100644
--- a/src/files.c
+++ b/src/files.c
@@ -524,7 +524,11 @@ int do_insertfile(int loading_file)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef DISABLE_OPERATINGDIR
-	if (i != NANO_EXTCMD_KEY && check_operating_dir(answer, 0) != 0) {
+	if (
+#ifndef NANO_SMALL
+		i != NANO_EXTCMD_KEY &&
+#endif
+		check_operating_dir(answer, 0) != 0) {
 	    statusbar(_("Can't insert file from outside of %s"),
 			operating_dir);
 	    return 0;