diff --git a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/LinkedTreeMap.java b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/LinkedTreeMap.java
index e838e46844..516803078c 100644
--- a/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/LinkedTreeMap.java
+++ b/gson/src/main/java/com/google/gson/internal/LinkedTreeMap.java
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ private abstract class LinkedTreeMapIterator<T> implements Iterator<T> {
     }
 
     @Override public final boolean hasNext() {
-      return next != header;
+      return !next.equals(header);
     }
 
     final Node<K, V> nextNode() {