diff --git a/src/middlewared/middlewared/api/base/types/filesystem.py b/src/middlewared/middlewared/api/base/types/filesystem.py
index 4660f1d0abeef..94af699689fcc 100644
--- a/src/middlewared/middlewared/api/base/types/filesystem.py
+++ b/src/middlewared/middlewared/api/base/types/filesystem.py
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-import os
 from pydantic.functional_validators import AfterValidator
 from typing_extensions import Annotated
 
-__all__ = ["UnixPerm", "Directory"]
+__all__ = ["UnixPerm"]
 
 
 def validate_unix_perm(value: str) -> str:
@@ -18,13 +17,3 @@ def validate_unix_perm(value: str) -> str:
 
 
 UnixPerm = Annotated[str, AfterValidator(validate_unix_perm)]
-
-
-def validate_dir_path(value: str) -> str:
-    if value and not os.path.isdir(value):
-        raise ValueError('This path is not a directory.')
-
-    return value
-
-
-Directory = Annotated[str, AfterValidator(validate_dir_path)]
diff --git a/src/middlewared/middlewared/api/v25_04_0/ftp.py b/src/middlewared/middlewared/api/v25_04_0/ftp.py
index 64ecd7c1afd41..fcca2608e68df 100644
--- a/src/middlewared/middlewared/api/v25_04_0/ftp.py
+++ b/src/middlewared/middlewared/api/v25_04_0/ftp.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 from middlewared.api.base import (
     BaseModel,
-    Directory,
     Excluded,
     excluded_field,
     ForUpdateMetaclass,
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ class FtpEntry(BaseModel):
     timeout: Annotated[int, Field(ge=0, le=10000)]
     timeout_notransfer: Annotated[int, Field(ge=0, le=10000)]
     onlyanonymous: bool
-    anonpath: Directory | None
+    anonpath: str | None
     onlylocal: bool
     banner: str
     filemask: UnixPerm
diff --git a/src/middlewared/middlewared/async_validators.py b/src/middlewared/middlewared/async_validators.py
index 1e2650d5ac8a2..68235fb4ffe3b 100644
--- a/src/middlewared/middlewared/async_validators.py
+++ b/src/middlewared/middlewared/async_validators.py
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 from middlewared.validators import IpAddress, check_path_resides_within_volume_sync
 
 
-async def check_path_resides_within_volume(verrors, middleware, schema_name, path):
+async def check_path_resides_within_volume(verrors, middleware, schema_name, path, must_be_dir=False):
     """
     async wrapper around synchronous general-purpose path validation function
     """
     vol_names = [vol["vol_name"] for vol in await middleware.call("datastore.query", "storage.volume")]
     return await middleware.run_in_thread(
         check_path_resides_within_volume_sync,
-        verrors, schema_name, path, vol_names
+        verrors, schema_name, path, vol_names, must_be_dir
     )
 
 
diff --git a/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/ftp.py b/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/ftp.py
index 3d9e239e82099..809f8719640eb 100644
--- a/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/ftp.py
+++ b/src/middlewared/middlewared/plugins/ftp.py
@@ -157,7 +157,9 @@ async def do_update(self, data):
                 new["anonpath"] = None
 
         if new["anonpath"] is not None:
-            await check_path_resides_within_volume(verrors, self.middleware, "ftp_update.anonpath", new["anonpath"])
+            await check_path_resides_within_volume(
+                verrors, self.middleware, "ftp_update.anonpath", new["anonpath"], must_be_dir=True
+            )
 
         if new["tls"]:
             if not new["ssltls_certificate"]:
diff --git a/src/middlewared/middlewared/validators.py b/src/middlewared/middlewared/validators.py
index 757c23adae6a7..8503e32bf1071 100644
--- a/src/middlewared/middlewared/validators.py
+++ b/src/middlewared/middlewared/validators.py
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ def __call__(self, value):
             raise ValueError('Invalid URL: no netloc specified')
 
 
-def check_path_resides_within_volume_sync(verrors, schema_name, path, vol_names):
+def check_path_resides_within_volume_sync(verrors, schema_name, path, vol_names, must_be_dir=False):
     """
     This provides basic validation of whether a given `path` is allowed to
     be exposed to end-users.
@@ -405,6 +405,8 @@ def check_path_resides_within_volume_sync(verrors, schema_name, path, vol_names)
 
     `vol_names` - list of expected pool names
 
+    `must_be_dir` - optional check for directory
+
     It checks the following:
     * path is within /mnt
     * path is located within one of the specified `vol_names`
@@ -422,6 +424,9 @@ def check_path_resides_within_volume_sync(verrors, schema_name, path, vol_names)
 
     rp = Path(os.path.realpath(path))
 
+    if must_be_dir and not rp.is_dir():
+        verrors.add(schema_name, "The path must be a directory")
+
     vol_paths = [os.path.join("/mnt", vol_name) for vol_name in vol_names]
     if not path.startswith("/mnt/") or not any(
         os.path.commonpath([parent]) == os.path.commonpath([parent, rp]) for parent in vol_paths