diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 7be2aebebb0..947bf15439e 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-02-28  Michael Koch  <konqueror@gmx.de>
+
+	* java/nio/ByteOrder.java
+	(nativeOrder): Use equals() to compare strings.
+
 2004-02-26  Michael Koch  <konqueror@gmx.de>
 
 	* gnu/java/nio/FileLockImpl.java
diff --git a/libjava/java/nio/ByteOrder.java b/libjava/java/nio/ByteOrder.java
index b4fcbe53a8b..ad0b09ec56e 100644
--- a/libjava/java/nio/ByteOrder.java
+++ b/libjava/java/nio/ByteOrder.java
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ public final class ByteOrder
    */
   public static ByteOrder nativeOrder ()
   {
-    return (System.getProperty ("gnu.cpu.endian") == "big"
+    return (System.getProperty ("gnu.cpu.endian").equals("big")
             ? BIG_ENDIAN : LITTLE_ENDIAN);
   }