1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/file_search.c b/src/nvim/file_search.c
index b213a42c52..8c4a2f8275 100644
--- a/src/nvim/file_search.c
+++ b/src/nvim/file_search.c
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ static ff_visited_list_hdr_T *ff_get_visited_list(char_u *filename, ff_visited_l
  */
 static int ff_wc_equal(char_u *s1, char_u *s2)
 {
-  int i;
+  int i, j;
   int prev1 = NUL;
   int prev2 = NUL;
 
@@ -1067,18 +1067,19 @@ static int ff_wc_equal(char_u *s1, char_u *s2)
   if (s1 == NULL || s2 == NULL)
     return FALSE;
 
-  if (STRLEN(s1) != STRLEN(s2))
-    return FAIL;
-
-  for (i = 0; s1[i] != NUL && s2[i] != NUL; i += MB_PTR2LEN(s1 + i)) {
+  for (i = 0, j = 0; s1[i] != NUL;) {
     int c1 = PTR2CHAR(s1 + i);
-    int c2 = PTR2CHAR(s2 + i);
+    int c2 = PTR2CHAR(s2 + j);
 
     if ((p_fic ? vim_tolower(c1) != vim_tolower(c2) : c1 != c2)
-        && (prev1 != '*' || prev2 != '*'))
+        && (prev1 != '*' || prev2 != '*')) {
       return FAIL;
+    }
     prev2 = prev1;
     prev1 = c1;
+
+    i += MB_PTR2LEN(s1 + i);
+    j += MB_PTR2LEN(s2 + j);
   }
   return TRUE;
 }