diff --git a/hbase-rsgroup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/RSGroupAdminEndpoint.java b/hbase-rsgroup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/RSGroupAdminEndpoint.java
index b8e060c800b..b1a4c86d54a 100644
--- a/hbase-rsgroup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/RSGroupAdminEndpoint.java
+++ b/hbase-rsgroup/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/rsgroup/RSGroupAdminEndpoint.java
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ public class RSGroupAdminEndpoint extends RSGroupAdminService
       groupName = RSGroupInfo.DEFAULT_GROUP;
     }
 
-    if (groupName == RSGroupInfo.DEFAULT_GROUP) {
+    if (groupName.equals(RSGroupInfo.DEFAULT_GROUP)) {
       TableName tableName = desc.getTableName();
       groupName = script.getRSGroup(
           tableName.getNamespaceAsString(),