diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/io/FileReference.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/io/FileReference.java
index 4ded855..e4097ff 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/io/FileReference.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/io/FileReference.java
@@ -58,12 +58,12 @@
         if (!(o instanceof FileReference)) {
             return false;
         }
-        return path.equals(((FileReference) o).path) && dev.equals(((FileReference) o).dev);
+        return file.getAbsolutePath().equals(((FileReference) o).getAbsolutePath());
     }
 
     @Override
     public int hashCode() {
-        return path.hashCode();
+        return file.getAbsolutePath().hashCode();
     }
 
     /**