diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/diffs/components/tree_list.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/diffs/components/tree_list.vue
index 91052b303a64f50a31145891ade79ecb8c84cf52..ff1eb23cea30b89316192834c8e914a8f8cd6753 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/diffs/components/tree_list.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/diffs/components/tree_list.vue
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export default {
 
       if (search === '') return this.renderTreeList ? this.tree : this.allBlobs;
 
-      return this.allBlobs.filter(f => f.name.toLowerCase().indexOf(search) >= 0);
+      return this.allBlobs.filter(f => f.path.toLowerCase().indexOf(search) >= 0);
     },
     rowDisplayTextKey() {
       if (this.renderTreeList && this.search.trim() === '') {
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/mr-tree-filter-path-name.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/mr-tree-filter-path-name.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..152f8a67337dd97a7bc7ed9094152a4cfe6f153f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/mr-tree-filter-path-name.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Changed merge request filtering to be by path instead of name
+merge_request:
+author:
+type: changed
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/diffs/components/tree_list_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/diffs/components/tree_list_spec.js
index fc94d0bab5b65d8750194a24d0023b72a20f3bb1..a0b380adfd691fb0870f62e82ee22990ce5b25f4 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/diffs/components/tree_list_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/diffs/components/tree_list_spec.js
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ describe('Diffs tree list component', () => {
     });
 
     it('filters tree list to blobs matching search', done => {
-      vm.search = 'index';
+      vm.search = 'app/index';
 
       vm.$nextTick(() => {
         expect(vm.$el.querySelectorAll('.file-row').length).toBe(1);