From 100cce95a192cf6e8d4788059bf8317cdabbfeb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Dietrich <cafebab3@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2016 00:13:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] NullPointer Exception could occur on equals call.

---
 javaslang/src/main/java/javaslang/collection/List.java | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/javaslang/src/main/java/javaslang/collection/List.java b/javaslang/src/main/java/javaslang/collection/List.java
index dc22c7ca53..ce5b37a18a 100644
--- a/javaslang/src/main/java/javaslang/collection/List.java
+++ b/javaslang/src/main/java/javaslang/collection/List.java
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ default List<T> remove(T element) {
         boolean found = false;
         while (!found && !result.isEmpty()) {
             final T head = result.head();
-            if (head.equals(element)) {
+            if (Objects.equals(head, element)) {
                 found = true;
             } else {
                 preceding.addFirst(head);