diff --git a/mercurial/transaction.py b/mercurial/transaction.py
--- a/mercurial/transaction.py
+++ b/mercurial/transaction.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def _playback(journal, report, opener, v
                 filepath = vfs.join(f)
                 backuppath = vfs.join(b)
                 try:
-                    util.copyfile(backuppath, filepath)
+                    util.copyfile(backuppath, filepath, checkambig=True)
                     backupfiles.append(b)
                 except IOError:
                     report(_("failed to recover %s\n") % f)