diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Asset.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Asset.pm
index 8fed74d7c..baef6b216 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Asset.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Asset.pm
@@ -1885,7 +1885,7 @@ A hash reference of optional parameters.
 
 head4 assetId
 
-Limit the search to a specific assetId to see if that url exists for that asset.
+Excludes an asset, by assetId, for the search for the existance of the url.
 
 =cut
 
@@ -1897,7 +1897,7 @@ sub urlExists {
 	my $limit = "";
     my $placeholders = [ $url ];
 	if (exists $options->{assetId}) {
-		$limit = "and assetId=?";
+		$limit = "and assetId<>?";
         push @{ $placeholders }, $options->{assetId};
 	}
 	my ($test) = $session->db->quickArray("select count(url) from assetData where url=? $limit", $placeholders);
diff --git a/t/Asset/Asset.t b/t/Asset/Asset.t
index aace68e80..499ae845f 100644
--- a/t/Asset/Asset.t
+++ b/t/Asset/Asset.t
@@ -109,6 +109,6 @@ my $importId  = $importNode->getId;
 
 ok( WebGUI::Asset->urlExists($session, $importUrl),      'url for import node exists');
 ok( !WebGUI::Asset->urlExists($session, '/foo/bar/baz'), 'made up url does not exist');
-ok( WebGUI::Asset->urlExists($session, $importUrl, {assetId => $importId}), 'url for import node exists at specific id');
+ok( !WebGUI::Asset->urlExists($session, $importUrl, {assetId => $importId}), 'url for import node only exists at specific id');
 ok( !WebGUI::Asset->urlExists($session, '/foo/bar/baz', {assetId => $importId}), 'imaginary url does not exist at specific id');
-ok( !WebGUI::Asset->urlExists($session, $importUrl, {assetId => 'notAnWebGUIId'}), 'imaginary url does not exist at wrong id');
+ok( WebGUI::Asset->urlExists($session, $importUrl, {assetId => 'notAnWebGUIId'}), 'imaginary url does not exist at wrong id');