diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Private.Uri/src/System/Uri.cs b/src/libraries/System.Private.Uri/src/System/Uri.cs
index d1d27484e82f76..5418d8d0d5e449 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Private.Uri/src/System/Uri.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Private.Uri/src/System/Uri.cs
@@ -1545,7 +1545,7 @@ public override int GetHashCode()
 
                 string remoteUrl = info.RemoteUrl ??= GetParts(components, UriFormat.SafeUnescaped);
 
-                if (IsUncOrDosPath)
+                if (IsFile)
                 {
                     return StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase.GetHashCode(remoteUrl);
                 }
diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Private.Uri/tests/FunctionalTests/UriMethodsTests.cs b/src/libraries/System.Private.Uri/tests/FunctionalTests/UriMethodsTests.cs
index b07938a84ebb73..5b5b7fbbaf03ef 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Private.Uri/tests/FunctionalTests/UriMethodsTests.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Private.Uri/tests/FunctionalTests/UriMethodsTests.cs
@@ -347,6 +347,9 @@ public static IEnumerable<object[]> Equals_TestData()
             yield return new object[] { new Uri("file://C:/path1/path2/file"), new Uri("http://domain.com"), false };
             yield return new object[] { new Uri("file://C:/path1/path2/file"), new Uri(@"\\server\path1\path2\file"), false };
 
+            // UNC paths that normalize to the same value as a regular file: URI
+            yield return new object[] { new Uri("\\\\\u202a"), new Uri("file:///"), true };
+
             // UNC share paths
             yield return new object[] { new Uri(@"\\server\sharepath\path\file"), new Uri(@"\\server\sharepath\path\file"), true };
             yield return new object[] { new Uri(@"\\server\sharepath\path\file"), new Uri(@"\\server1\sharepath\path\file"), false };