diff --git a/src/plotter_disk.hpp b/src/plotter_disk.hpp
index b848021eb..0e9bd4e0f 100644
--- a/src/plotter_disk.hpp
+++ b/src/plotter_disk.hpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 #include <math.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <fstream>
@@ -370,7 +371,13 @@ class DiskPlotter {
         Timer copy;
         do {
             std::error_code ec;
-            if (tmp_2_filename.parent_path() == final_filename.parent_path()) {
+            struct stat tmp2_stat, final_stat;
+            int rc;
+            rc = ::stat(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(tmp_2_filename.c_str()), &tmp2_stat);
+            if (rc == 0)
+                rc = ::stat(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(final_filename.parent_path().c_str()), &final_stat);
+            if ((rc == 0 && tmp2_stat.st_dev == final_stat.st_dev) ||
+                tmp_2_filename.parent_path() == final_filename.parent_path()) {
                 fs::rename(tmp_2_filename, final_filename, ec);
                 if (ec.value() != 0) {
                     std::cout << "Could not rename " << tmp_2_filename << " to " << final_filename