diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/commons/io/FileUtils.java b/src/java/org/apache/commons/io/FileUtils.java
index f4d73b9b..bd523620 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/io/FileUtils.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/commons/io/FileUtils.java
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ public static void copyDirectory(File srcDir, File destDir,
 
         // Cater for destination being directory within the source directory (see IO-141)
         List exclusionList = null;
-        if (destDir.getCanonicalPath().startsWith(srcDir.getCanonicalPath())) {
+        if (destDir.getCanonicalFile().toPath().startsWith(srcDir.getCanonicalFile().toPath())) {
             File[] srcFiles = filter == null ? srcDir.listFiles() : srcDir.listFiles(filter);
             if (srcFiles != null && srcFiles.length > 0) {
                 exclusionList = new ArrayList(srcFiles.length);