diff --git a/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmCore/cafInternalPdmValueFieldSpecializations.h b/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmCore/cafInternalPdmValueFieldSpecializations.h
index 11930802b0..2079ee837c 100644
--- a/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmCore/cafInternalPdmValueFieldSpecializations.h
+++ b/Fwk/AppFwk/cafProjectDataModel/cafPdmCore/cafInternalPdmValueFieldSpecializations.h
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ public:
  
     static bool isEqual(const QVariant& variantValue, const QVariant& variantValue2)
     {
-        return variantValue.value<FilePath>() == variantValue2.value<FilePath>();
+        return variantValue.toString() == variantValue2.toString();
     }
 };