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diff --git a/src/allmydata/util/fileutil.py b/src/allmydata/util/fileutil.py
index 6449ff1e..f923e1a0 100644
--- a/src/allmydata/util/fileutil.py
+++ b/src/allmydata/util/fileutil.py
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ def abspath_expanduser_unicode(path, base=None, long_path=True):
     """
     if not isinstance(path, unicode):
         raise AssertionError("paths must be Unicode strings")
-    if base is not None:
+    if base is not None and long_path:
         precondition_abspath(base)
 
     path = expanduser(path)