diff --git a/lib/linguist/generated.rb b/lib/linguist/generated.rb
index cc64c824..8c2c1bcd 100644
--- a/lib/linguist/generated.rb
+++ b/lib/linguist/generated.rb
@@ -286,7 +286,9 @@ module Linguist
     #
     # Returns true or false.
     def go_vendor?
-      !!name.match(/vendor\//)
+      return false unless extname == '.go'
+
+      !!name.match(/\Avendor\//)
     end
 
     # Internal: Is the blob part of Godeps/,
diff --git a/test/fixtures/go/food_vendor/candy.go b/test/fixtures/go/food_vendor/candy.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce65385b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/go/food_vendor/candy.go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// empty file for testing that paths with vendor in them don't get ingored
diff --git a/test/test_blob.rb b/test/test_blob.rb
index 74cffc2b..2e50853d 100644
--- a/test/test_blob.rb
+++ b/test/test_blob.rb
@@ -246,8 +246,9 @@ class TestBlob < Minitest::Test
     assert sample_blob("node_modules/grunt/lib/grunt.js").generated?
 
     # Go vendored dependencies
-    assert sample_blob("vendor/vendor.json").generated?
+    refute sample_blob("vendor/vendor.json").generated?
     assert sample_blob("vendor/github.com/kr/s3/sign.go").generated?
+    refute fixture_blob("go/food_vendor/candy.go").generated?
 
     # Godep saved dependencies
     assert sample_blob("Godeps/Godeps.json").generated?