diff --git a/mopidy/backends/local/stored_playlists.py b/mopidy/backends/local/stored_playlists.py
index a5841d8d..921fa40c 100644
--- a/mopidy/backends/local/stored_playlists.py
+++ b/mopidy/backends/local/stored_playlists.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class LocalStoredPlaylistsProvider(base.BaseStoredPlaylistsProvider):
         logger.info('Loading playlists from %s', self._folder)
 
         for m3u in glob.glob(os.path.join(self._folder, '*.m3u')):
-            name = os.path.basename(m3u)[:-len('.m3u')]
+            name = os.path.splitext(os.path.basename(m3u))[0]
             tracks = []
             for uri in parse_m3u(m3u, settings.LOCAL_MUSIC_PATH):
                 try: