diff --git a/spec/providers/storage.spec.ts b/spec/providers/storage.spec.ts
index 1b049a1fc..6afee6368 100644
--- a/spec/providers/storage.spec.ts
+++ b/spec/providers/storage.spec.ts
@@ -70,38 +70,52 @@ describe('storage.FunctionBuilder', () => {
       expect(() => storage.bucket('bad/bucket/format')).to.throw(Error);
     });
 
-    it('should filter out spurious deploy-time events', () => {
-      let functionRan = false;
-      let cloudFunction = storage.object().onChange(() => {
-        functionRan = true;
-        return null;
+    it('should correct nested media links using a single literal slash', () => {
+      let cloudFunction = storage.object().onChange((event) => {
+        return event.data.mediaLink;
       });
+      let badMediaLinkEvent = {
+        data: {
+          mediaLink: 'https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/mybucket.appspot.com'
+          + '/o/nestedfolder/myobject.file?generation=12345&alt=media',
+        },
+      };
+      return cloudFunction(badMediaLinkEvent).then(result => {
+        expect(result).equals(
+          'https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/mybucket.appspot.com'
+          + '/o/nestedfolder%2Fmyobject.file?generation=12345&alt=media');
+      });
+    });
 
-      let spuriousEvent = {
-        timestamp: '2017-03-06T20:02:05.192Z',
-        eventType: 'providers/cloud.storage/eventTypes/object.change',
-        resource: 'projects/_/buckets/rjh-20170306.appspot.com/objects/#0',
+    it('should correct nested media links using multiple literal slashes', () => {
+      let cloudFunction = storage.object().onChange((event) => {
+        return event.data.mediaLink;
+      });
+      let badMediaLinkEvent = {
+        data: {
+          mediaLink: 'https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/mybucket.appspot.com'
+          + '/o/nestedfolder/anotherfolder/myobject.file?generation=12345&alt=media',
+        },
+      };
+      return cloudFunction(badMediaLinkEvent).then(result => {
+        expect(result).equals(
+          'https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/mybucket.appspot.com'
+          + '/o/nestedfolder%2Fanotherfolder%2Fmyobject.file?generation=12345&alt=media');
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should not mess with media links using non-literal slashes', () => {
+      let cloudFunction = storage.object().onChange((event) => {
+        return event.data.mediaLink;
+      });
+      let goodMediaLinkEvent = {
         data: {
-          kind: 'storage#object',
-          resourceState: 'exists',
-          id: 'rjh-20170306.appspot.com//0',
-          selfLink: 'https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/rjh-20170306.appspot.com/o/',
-          bucket: 'rjh-20170306.appspot.com',
-          generation: '0',
-          metageneration: '0',
-          contentType: '',
-          timeCreated: '1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z',
-          updated: '1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z',
-          size: '0',
-          md5Hash: '',
-          mediaLink: 'https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/rjh-20170306.appspot.com/o/?generation=0&alt=media',
-          crc32c: 'AAAAAA==',
+          mediaLink: 'https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/mybucket.appspot.com'
+          + '/o/nestedfolder%2Fanotherfolder%2Fmyobject.file?generation=12345&alt=media',
         },
-        params: {},
       };
-      return cloudFunction(spuriousEvent).then((result) => {
-        expect(result).equals(null);
-        expect(functionRan).equals(false);
+      return cloudFunction(goodMediaLinkEvent).then(result => {
+        expect(result).equals(goodMediaLinkEvent.data.mediaLink);
       });
     });
   });
diff --git a/src/providers/storage.ts b/src/providers/storage.ts
index 63356da04..75f657b66 100644
--- a/src/providers/storage.ts
+++ b/src/providers/storage.ts
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ export class BucketBuilder {
   }
 }
 
+// A RegExp that matches on a GCS media link that points at a _nested_ object (one that uses a path/with/slashes).
+const nestedMediaLinkRE = new RegExp('https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/([^/]+)/o/(.*)');
+
 export class ObjectBuilder {
   /** @internal */
   constructor(private resource) { }
@@ -60,19 +63,21 @@ export class ObjectBuilder {
    * Handle any change to any object.
    */
   onChange(handler: (event: Event<ObjectMetadata>) => PromiseLike<any> | any): CloudFunction<ObjectMetadata> {
-    // This is a temporary shim to filter out spurious events due to Functions deployments.
-    // BUG(34123812): clean this up when backend fix for bug is deployed.
-    let filterDeployEvents = (event: Event<ObjectMetadata>) => {
-      if (event.data.timeCreated === '1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z' && event.data.crc32c === 'AAAAAA==') {
-        console.log(
-          'Function triggered unneccessarily by Cloud Function deployment; function execution elided. ' +
-          'This is a spurious event that will go away soon, sorry for the spam!');
-        return null;
+    // This is a temporary shim to fix the 'mediaLink' for nested objects.
+    // BUG(37962789): clean this up when backend fix for bug is deployed.
+    let correctMediaLink = (event: Event<ObjectMetadata>) => {
+      let deconstructedNestedLink = event.data.mediaLink.match(nestedMediaLinkRE);
+      if (deconstructedNestedLink != null) {
+        // The media link for a nested object uses an illegal URL (using literal slashes instead of "%2F".
+        // Fix up the URL.
+        let bucketName = deconstructedNestedLink[1];
+        let fixedTail = deconstructedNestedLink[2].replace(/\//g, '%2F');  // "/\//g" means "all forward slashes".
+        event.data.mediaLink = 'https://www.googleapis.com/storage/v1/b/' + bucketName + '/o/' + fixedTail;
       }
       return handler(event);
     };
     return makeCloudFunction(
-      { provider, handler: filterDeployEvents, resource: this.resource, eventType: 'object.change' });
+      { provider, handler: correctMediaLink, resource: this.resource, eventType: 'object.change' });
   }
 }