diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/lang/String.java b/src/share/classes/java/lang/String.java
index ce7d8f779d5303d9001d7aee15de516c32dac1fb..483d1c68dd4972ca5b08be51cc68f555c34dad86 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/String.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/String.java
@@ -1045,8 +1045,9 @@ public final class String
             }
         }
         // Argument is a String
-        if (cs.equals(this))
-            return true;
+        if (cs instanceof String) {
+            return equals(cs);
+        }
         // Argument is a generic CharSequence
         char v1[] = value;
         int n = v1.length;