diff --git a/system/helpers/file_helper.php b/system/helpers/file_helper.php
index bbf3409..ef07de7 100644
--- a/system/helpers/file_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/file_helper.php
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
 	{	
 		// Trim the trailing slash
 		$path = preg_replace("|^(.+?)/*$|", "\\1", $path);
-			
+		
 		if ( ! $current_dir = @opendir($path))
 			return;
 	
@@ -132,8 +132,7 @@
 			{
 				if (is_dir($path.'/'.$filename))
 				{
-					$level++;
-					delete_files($path.'/'.$filename, $del_dir, $level);
+					delete_files($path.'/'.$filename, $del_dir, $level + 1);
 				}
 				else
 				{
diff --git a/user_guide/changelog.html b/user_guide/changelog.html
index 1ab6ac2..03c77d3 100644
--- a/user_guide/changelog.html
+++ b/user_guide/changelog.html
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@
 	<li>Removed an extraneous call to loading models (#3286).</li>
 	<li>Removed extraneous load of $CFG in _display_cache() of the Output class (#3285).</li>
 	<li>Removed an unused parameter from Profiler (#3332).</li>
+	<li>Fixed a bug (#3314) which would cause the top level path to be deleted in delete_files() of the File helper.</li>
 	<li>Fixed a bug (#2858) which referenced a wrong variable in the Image class.</li>
 	<li>Fixed a bug (#3330) in the FTP class where a comparison wasn't getting made.</li>
 	<li>Fixed a bug (#3328) where the smiley helper might return an undefined variable.</li>