diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/ecore_file.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/ecore_file.c
index 8aaa91c406..9e9faf9dbb 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/ecore_file.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_file/ecore_file.c
@@ -125,8 +125,16 @@ ecore_file_cp(const char *src, const char *dst)
 {
    FILE               *f1, *f2;
    char                buf[16384];
+   char                realpath1[PATH_MAX];
+   char                realpath2[PATH_MAX];
    size_t              num;
-
+   
+   if(realpath(src, realpath1) && realpath(src,realpath2))     
+     if(!strcmp(realpath1, realpath2))
+       return 0;
+   else
+     return 0;
+   
    f1 = fopen(src, "rb");
    if (!f1) return 0;
    f2 = fopen(dst, "wb");