diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers/commits_files_controller.go b/pkg/gui/controllers/commits_files_controller.go
index b8995e7bd..e945ef8ca 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers/commits_files_controller.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers/commits_files_controller.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package controllers
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/git_commands"
@@ -267,7 +266,7 @@ func (self *CommitFilesController) openCopyMenu() error {
 	copyAbsolutePathItem := &types.MenuItem{
 		Label: self.c.Tr.CopyAbsoluteFilePath,
 		OnPress: func() error {
-			absPath, err := filepath.Abs(node.GetPath())
+			absPath, err := self.c.Helpers().Diff.AbsolutePathOfFileOfDiff(node.GetPath())
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/diff_helper.go b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/diff_helper.go
index f620aed66..1e94c9ac7 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/diff_helper.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/diff_helper.go
@@ -252,6 +252,12 @@ func (self *DiffHelper) OpenFileOfDiff(path string) error {
 	return self.filesHelper.OpenFile(self.pathInWorktreeOfDiff(path))
 }
 
+// AbsolutePathOfFileOfDiff returns the absolute path of a file of the diff that the
+// current side panel shows, in the worktree that EditFilesOfDiff opens it from.
+func (self *DiffHelper) AbsolutePathOfFileOfDiff(path string) (string, error) {
+	return filepath.Abs(self.pathInWorktreeOfDiff(path))
+}
+
 // otherWorktreeOfDiff returns the path of the worktree to open files of the diff in
 // the current side panel from, if that isn't the current worktree. If the diff is of a
 // commit of a branch, and another worktree has that branch checked out, that is the
diff --git a/pkg/integration/tests/worktree/open_file_of_branch_in_other_worktree.go b/pkg/integration/tests/worktree/open_file_of_branch_in_other_worktree.go
index 78229d6e4..e0bf265a2 100644
--- a/pkg/integration/tests/worktree/open_file_of_branch_in_other_worktree.go
+++ b/pkg/integration/tests/worktree/open_file_of_branch_in_other_worktree.go
@@ -58,10 +58,7 @@ var OpenFileOfBranchInOtherWorktree = NewIntegrationTest(NewIntegrationTestArgs{
 
 				t.ExpectToast(Equals("File path copied to clipboard"))
 
-				/* EXPECTED:
 				t.FileSystem().FileContent("clipboard", Contains("/linked-worktree/file.txt"))
-				ACTUAL: */
-				t.FileSystem().FileContent("clipboard", Contains("/repo/file.txt"))
 			})
 	},
 })