diff --git a/platform/vcs-api/vcs-api-core/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/Change.java b/platform/vcs-api/vcs-api-core/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/Change.java
index 82c14e6bf48f..083d36adb6b4 100644
--- a/platform/vcs-api/vcs-api-core/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/Change.java
+++ b/platform/vcs-api/vcs-api-core/src/com/intellij/openapi/vcs/changes/Change.java
@@ -213,8 +213,9 @@ public class Change {
   }
 
   private boolean revisionPathsSame() {
-    final String path1 = myBeforeRevision.getFile().getIOFile().getAbsolutePath();
-    final String path2 = myAfterRevision.getFile().getIOFile().getAbsolutePath();
+    final String path1 = myBeforeRevision.getFile().getPath();
+    final String path2 = myAfterRevision.getFile().getPath();
+    // intentionally comparing case-sensitively even on case-insensitive OS to identify case-only renames
     return path1.equals(path2);
   }