diff --git a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/util/GlobUtil.java b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/util/GlobUtil.java
index 4ca53fc318..95bd06fda6 100644
--- a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/util/GlobUtil.java
+++ b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/util/GlobUtil.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 package sonia.scm.util;
 
 /**
- * Util for pattern matching with glob 
+ * Util for pattern matching with glob
  * (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glob_%28programming%29) syntax.
  *
  * @author Sebastian Sdorra
@@ -190,6 +190,6 @@ public class GlobUtil
    */
   public static boolean matches(String glob, String value)
   {
-    return value.matches(convertGlobToRegEx(value));
+    return value.matches(convertGlobToRegEx(glob));
   }
 }
diff --git a/scm-core/src/test/java/sonia/scm/util/GlobUtilTest.java b/scm-core/src/test/java/sonia/scm/util/GlobUtilTest.java
index cd2a6ecb0a..b40dc0c029 100644
--- a/scm-core/src/test/java/sonia/scm/util/GlobUtilTest.java
+++ b/scm-core/src/test/java/sonia/scm/util/GlobUtilTest.java
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ public class GlobUtilTest
   @Test
   public void matchesTest()
   {
-    assertTrue(GlobUtil.matches("/test/path/somefile.txt", "/test/path/*"));
-    assertTrue(GlobUtil.matches("/test/path/somefile.txt", "*/somefile.txt"));
-    assertTrue(GlobUtil.matches("asd", "a*d"));
-    assertTrue(GlobUtil.matches("asd", "a?d"));
-    assertFalse(GlobUtil.matches("asd", "a\\*d"));
-    assertFalse(GlobUtil.matches("asd", "a\\?d"));
+    assertTrue(GlobUtil.matches("/test/path/*", "/test/path/somefile.txt"));
+    assertTrue(GlobUtil.matches("*/somefile.txt", "/test/path/somefile.txt"));
+    assertTrue(GlobUtil.matches("a*d", "asd"));
+    assertTrue(GlobUtil.matches("a?d", "asd"));
+    assertFalse(GlobUtil.matches("a\\*d", "asd"));
+    assertFalse(GlobUtil.matches("a\\?d", "asd"));
   }
 }