diff --git a/core/i18n.php b/core/i18n.php
index 3e9dd4ebd..dd9d9fbd6 100755
--- a/core/i18n.php
+++ b/core/i18n.php
@@ -1068,6 +1068,9 @@ class i18n extends Object {
 	static function include_by_locale($locale) {
 		$topLevel = scandir(Director::baseFolder());
 		foreach($topLevel as $module) {
+			//$topLevel is the website root, some server is configurated not to allow excess website root's parent level
+			//and we don't need to check website root's parent level and websit root level for its lang folder, so we skip these 2 levels checking.
+			if($module == ".." || $module == ".") continue;
 			if (file_exists(Director::getAbsFile("$module/_config.php")) && 
 			  file_exists($file = Director::getAbsFile("$module/lang/$locale.php"))) { 
 				include_once($file);