diff --git a/include/share/grabbag/file.h b/include/share/grabbag/file.h
index ed755ec8..e5918ee2 100644
--- a/include/share/grabbag/file.h
+++ b/include/share/grabbag/file.h
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ const char *grabbag__file_get_basename(const char *srcpath);
  */
 FLAC__bool grabbag__file_change_stats(const char *filename, FLAC__bool read_only);
 
-/* returns true iff stat() succeeds for both files and they have the same inode */
+/* returns true iff stat() succeeds for both files and they have the same device and inode */
+/*@@@ this does not work on windows so for that the function just returns !strcmp(f1,f2) */
 FLAC__bool grabbag__file_are_same(const char *f1, const char *f2);
 
 /* attempts to make writable before unlinking */
diff --git a/src/share/grabbag/file.c b/src/share/grabbag/file.c
index f0fae6db..9c157888 100644
--- a/src/share/grabbag/file.c
+++ b/src/share/grabbag/file.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ FLAC__bool grabbag__file_are_same(const char *f1, const char *f2)
 	return f1 && f2 && 0 == strcmp(f1, f2); /*@@@@@@ need better method than strcmp */
 #else
 	struct stat s1, s2;
-	return f1 && f2 && stat(f1, &s1) == 0 && stat(f2, &s2) == 0 && s1.st_ino == s2.st_ino;
+	return f1 && f2 && stat(f1, &s1) == 0 && stat(f2, &s2) == 0 && s1.st_ino == s2.st_ino && s1.st_dev == s2.st_dev;
 #endif
 }