diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 0d1b923..b86edc9 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ Changelog
 12.1 (unreleased)
 -----------------
 
-- Nothing changed yet.
+- Fix crashitem names mismatch between client and server.
+  (`#172 <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-rerunfailures/issues/172>`_)
 
 
 12.0 (2023-07-05)
diff --git a/pytest_rerunfailures.py b/pytest_rerunfailures.py
index 0d612e2..df42b38 100644
--- a/pytest_rerunfailures.py
+++ b/pytest_rerunfailures.py
@@ -541,10 +541,9 @@ def pytest_runtest_protocol(item, nextitem):
     check_options(item.session.config)
     delay = get_reruns_delay(item)
     parallel = not is_master(item.config)
-    item_location = (item.location[0] + "::" + item.location[2]).replace("\\", "/")
     db = item.session.config.failures_db
-    item.execution_count = db.get_test_failures(item_location)
-    db.set_test_reruns(item_location, reruns)
+    item.execution_count = db.get_test_failures(item.nodeid)
+    db.set_test_reruns(item.nodeid, reruns)
 
     if item.execution_count > reruns:
         return True