diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/PerformanceEvaluation.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/PerformanceEvaluation.java
index f8345b120a6..3addb1a796c 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/PerformanceEvaluation.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/PerformanceEvaluation.java
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ public class PerformanceEvaluation extends Configured implements Tool {
     // recreate the table when user has requested presplit or when existing
     // {RegionSplitPolicy,replica count} does not match requested.
     if ((exists && opts.presplitRegions != DEFAULT_OPTS.presplitRegions)
-      || (!isReadCmd && desc != null && desc.getRegionSplitPolicyClassName() != opts.splitPolicy)
+      || (!isReadCmd && desc != null && !desc.getRegionSplitPolicyClassName().equals(opts.splitPolicy))
       || (!isReadCmd && desc != null && desc.getRegionReplication() != opts.replicas)) {
       needsDelete = true;
       // wait, why did it delete my table?!?