diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/cview/CViewLabelProvider.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/cview/CViewLabelProvider.java
index 48037296140..cddcad6a2d8 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/cview/CViewLabelProvider.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/cview/CViewLabelProvider.java
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ package org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.cview;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.model.IIncludeReference;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.IAdornmentProvider;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.StandardCElementLabelProvider;
-import org.eclipse.core.resources.ResourcesPlugin;
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IPath;
 
 /*
@@ -43,11 +42,11 @@ public class CViewLabelProvider extends StandardCElementLabelProvider {
 		if (element instanceof IIncludeReference) {
 			IIncludeReference ref = (IIncludeReference)element;
 			Object parent = ref.getParent();
-			if (!(parent instanceof IIncludeReference)) {
+			if (parent instanceof IIncludeReference) {
 				IPath p = ref.getPath();
-				IPath rootLocation = ResourcesPlugin.getWorkspace().getRoot().getLocation();
-				if (rootLocation.isPrefixOf(p)) {
-					p = p.removeFirstSegments(rootLocation.segmentCount());
+				IPath parentLocation = ((IIncludeReference)parent).getPath();
+				if (parentLocation.isPrefixOf(p)) {
+					p = p.removeFirstSegments(parentLocation.segmentCount());
 				}
 				return p.toString();
 			}