diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 665620ff375..c0290c57a50 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2013-01-12  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+	* autorevert.el (auto-revert-notify-handler): Fix filtering of
+	file notification by ACTION. For filtering by file name, compare
+	only the non-directory part of the file name.
+
 2013-01-12  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
 
 	* autorevert.el: Use cl-lib instead of cl.
diff --git a/lisp/autorevert.el b/lisp/autorevert.el
index fae2b88b3e2..60235cdd77b 100644
--- a/lisp/autorevert.el
+++ b/lisp/autorevert.el
@@ -528,13 +528,17 @@ will use an up-to-date value of `auto-revert-interval'"
 	;; Check, that event is meant for us.
 	;; TODO: Filter events which stop watching, like `move' or `removed'.
 	(cl-assert descriptor)
-	(when (featurep 'inotify) (cl-assert (memq 'modify descriptor)))
-	(when (featurep 'w32notify) (cl-assert (eq 'modified descriptor)))
+	(when (featurep 'inotify) (cl-assert (memq 'modify action)))
+	(when (featurep 'w32notify) (cl-assert (eq 'modified action)))
 	(cl-assert (bufferp buffer))
 	(when (stringp file)
 	  (cl-assert (string-equal
-                      (directory-file-name file)
-                      (directory-file-name (buffer-file-name buffer)))))
+		      ;; w32notify returns the basename of the file
+		      ;; without its leading directories; inotify
+		      ;; returns its full absolute file name.
+                      (file-name-nondirectory (directory-file-name file))
+                      (file-name-nondirectory (directory-file-name
+					       (buffer-file-name buffer))))))
 
 	;; Mark buffer modified.
 	(with-current-buffer buffer