diff --git a/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/RenameLayerAction.java b/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/RenameLayerAction.java
index b5bd308..7d0cd3d 100644
--- a/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/RenameLayerAction.java
+++ b/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/RenameLayerAction.java
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ public class RenameLayerAction extends AbstractAction {
                     newname += oldname.substring(oldname.lastIndexOf('.'));
                 }
                 File newFile = new File(newname);
+                if (!SaveActionBase.confirmOverwrite(newFile)) return;
                 if (Main.platform.rename(file, newFile)) {
                     layer.setAssociatedFile(newFile);
                     nameText = newFile.getName();