diff --git a/mercurial/dirstate.py b/mercurial/dirstate.py
index 244fe819c2..ec53d03a1c 100644
--- a/mercurial/dirstate.py
+++ b/mercurial/dirstate.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class dirstate(object):
             cwd = self.getcwd()
         path = util.pathto(self._root, cwd, f)
         if self._slash:
-            return util.normpath(path)
+            return util.pconvert(path)
         return path
 
     def __getitem__(self, key):