diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/text/CharSequenceSubSequence.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/text/CharSequenceSubSequence.java
index 19ec628047e2..4c24a2315fe6 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/text/CharSequenceSubSequence.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/text/CharSequenceSubSequence.java
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ public class CharSequenceSubSequence implements CharSequence, CharArrayExternali
   @Override
   public boolean equals(Object o) {
     if (this == o) return true;
-    if (o instanceof CharSequenceSubSequence && hashCode() != o.hashCode()) return false;
+    if (o instanceof CharSequenceSubSequence) return hashCode() == o.hashCode();
     if (o == null || !(o instanceof CharSequence)) return false;
     return StringUtil.equals(this, (CharSequence)o);
   }