diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 1e579194b17..607d1f8ef69 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-11-11  Michael Koch  <konqueror@gmx.de>
+
+	* java/nio/ByteBuffer.java
+	(equals): Remove redundant obj == null check.
+
 2003-11-11  Michael Koch  <konqueror@gmx.de>
 
 	* gnu/java/nio/natPipeImpl.cc,
diff --git a/libjava/java/nio/ByteBuffer.java b/libjava/java/nio/ByteBuffer.java
index 1727b410079..3be797750d0 100644
--- a/libjava/java/nio/ByteBuffer.java
+++ b/libjava/java/nio/ByteBuffer.java
@@ -278,8 +278,7 @@ public abstract class ByteBuffer extends Buffer
    */
   public boolean equals (Object obj)
   {
-    if (obj != null &&
-        obj instanceof ByteBuffer)
+    if (obj instanceof ByteBuffer)
       {
         return compareTo (obj) == 0;
       }