diff --git a/vendor.conf b/vendor.conf
index 00749f5351..2dbee2661b 100644
--- a/vendor.conf
+++ b/vendor.conf
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ google.golang.org/genproto                          694d95ba50e67b2e363f3483057d
 # containerd
 github.com/containerd/containerd                    ceba56893a76f22cf0126c46d835c80fb3833408
 github.com/containerd/fifo                          a9fb20d87448d386e6d50b1f2e1fa70dcf0de43c
-github.com/containerd/continuity                    004b46473808b3e7a4a3049c20e4376c91eb966d
+github.com/containerd/continuity                    aaeac12a7ffcd198ae25440a9dff125c2e2703a7
 github.com/containerd/cgroups                       4994991857f9b0ae8dc439551e8bebdbb4bf66c1
 github.com/containerd/console                       c12b1e7919c14469339a5d38f2f8ed9b64a9de23
 github.com/containerd/go-runc                       7d11b49dc0769f6dbb0d1b19f3d48524d1bad9ad
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/containerd/continuity/fs/path.go b/vendor/github.com/containerd/continuity/fs/path.go
index 9959817800..8863caa9df 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/containerd/continuity/fs/path.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/containerd/continuity/fs/path.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
@@ -47,9 +46,8 @@ func pathChange(lower, upper *currentPath) (ChangeKind, string) {
 	if upper == nil {
 		return ChangeKindDelete, lower.path
 	}
-	// TODO: compare by directory
 
-	switch i := strings.Compare(lower.path, upper.path); {
+	switch i := directoryCompare(lower.path, upper.path); {
 	case i < 0:
 		// File in lower that is not in upper
 		return ChangeKindDelete, lower.path
@@ -61,6 +59,35 @@ func pathChange(lower, upper *currentPath) (ChangeKind, string) {
 	}
 }
 
+func directoryCompare(a, b string) int {
+	l := len(a)
+	if len(b) < l {
+		l = len(b)
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < l; i++ {
+		c1, c2 := a[i], b[i]
+		if c1 == filepath.Separator {
+			c1 = byte(0)
+		}
+		if c2 == filepath.Separator {
+			c2 = byte(0)
+		}
+		if c1 < c2 {
+			return -1
+		}
+		if c1 > c2 {
+			return +1
+		}
+	}
+	if len(a) < len(b) {
+		return -1
+	}
+	if len(a) > len(b) {
+		return +1
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
 func sameFile(f1, f2 *currentPath) (bool, error) {
 	if os.SameFile(f1.f, f2.f) {
 		return true, nil