diff --git a/src/examples/src/org/apache/poi/hpsf/examples/CopyCompare.java b/src/examples/src/org/apache/poi/hpsf/examples/CopyCompare.java
index 174a71c79a..567323d514 100644
--- a/src/examples/src/org/apache/poi/hpsf/examples/CopyCompare.java
+++ b/src/examples/src/org/apache/poi/hpsf/examples/CopyCompare.java
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ public final class CopyCompare {
                 // Ensures that the directory hierarchy for a document in a POI fileystem is in place.
                 // Get the root directory. It does not have to be created since it always exists in a POIFS.
                 DirectoryEntry de = poiFs.getRoot();
-                if ("/".equals(path.toString())) {
+                if (File.separator.equals(path.toString())) {
                     de.setStorageClsid(event.getStorageClassId());
                 }