diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 7e0700571058..a955a0f506d3 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2015-05-01  Jonathan Wakely  <jwakely@redhat.com>
 
+	* src/filesystem/path.cc (path::compare): Do not copy strings.
+
 	* acinclude.m4 (GLIBCXX_ENABLE_FILESYSTEM_TS): Disable when <dirent.h>
 	is not available.
 	(GLIBCXX_CHECK_FILESYSTEM_DEPS): Check for fchmodat.
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/src/filesystem/path.cc b/libstdc++-v3/src/filesystem/path.cc
index cc5780f1e145..7924732e646c 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/src/filesystem/path.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/src/filesystem/path.cc
@@ -107,17 +107,23 @@ namespace
 int
 path::compare(const path& p) const noexcept
 {
+  struct CmptRef
+  {
+    const path* ptr;
+    const string_type& native() const noexcept { return ptr->native(); }
+  };
+
   if (_M_type == _Type::_Multi && p._M_type == _Type::_Multi)
     return do_compare(_M_cmpts.begin(), _M_cmpts.end(),
 		      p._M_cmpts.begin(), p._M_cmpts.end());
   else if (_M_type == _Type::_Multi)
     {
-      _Cmpt c[1] = { { p._M_pathname, p._M_type, 0 } };
+      CmptRef c[1] = { { &p } };
       return do_compare(_M_cmpts.begin(), _M_cmpts.end(), c, c+1);
     }
   else if (p._M_type == _Type::_Multi)
     {
-      _Cmpt c[1] = { { _M_pathname, _M_type, 0 } };
+      CmptRef c[1] = { { this } };
       return do_compare(c, c+1, p._M_cmpts.begin(), p._M_cmpts.end());
     }
   else