diff --git a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
index 6e0ed699e7..dfb63426eb 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/RageUtil.cpp
@@ -1119,6 +1119,12 @@ void FileWrite(RageFile& f, float fWrite)
 
 bool FileCopy( CString sSrcFile, CString sDstFile )
 {
+	if( !sSrcFile.CompareNoCase(sDstFile) )
+	{
+		LOG->Warn( "Tried to copy \"%s\" over itself", sSrcFile.c_str() );
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	RageFile in;
 	if( !in.Open(sSrcFile, RageFile::READ) )
 		return false;