diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/script/KotlinScriptExternalImportsProvider.kt b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/script/KotlinScriptExternalImportsProvider.kt
index 0eb971f3429..61477f2c20c 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/script/KotlinScriptExternalImportsProvider.kt
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/script/KotlinScriptExternalImportsProvider.kt
@@ -148,6 +148,6 @@ class KotlinScriptExternalImportsProvider(val project: Project, private val scri
 internal fun Iterable<File>.isSamePathListAs(other: Iterable<File>): Boolean {
     val c1 = asSequence().map { it.canonicalPath }
     val c2 = other.asSequence().map { it.canonicalPath }
-    return c1 == c2
+    return c1.zip(c2).all { it.first == it.second }
 }