diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/ResolveMerger.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/ResolveMerger.java
index 6462608f5..6f7a70247 100755
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/ResolveMerger.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/merge/ResolveMerger.java
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ private DirCacheEntry add(byte[] path, CanonicalTreeParser p, int stage,
 	 * @return the entry which was added to the index
 	 */
 	private DirCacheEntry keep(DirCacheEntry e) {
-		DirCacheEntry newEntry = new DirCacheEntry(e.getPathString(),
+		DirCacheEntry newEntry = new DirCacheEntry(e.getRawPath(),
 				e.getStage());
 		newEntry.setFileMode(e.getFileMode());
 		newEntry.setObjectId(e.getObjectId());