diff --git a/lucene/spatial3d/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial3d/geom/GeoStandardPath.java b/lucene/spatial3d/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial3d/geom/GeoStandardPath.java
index f975ecac4e2..0bbd23f005f 100755
--- a/lucene/spatial3d/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial3d/geom/GeoStandardPath.java
+++ b/lucene/spatial3d/src/java/org/apache/lucene/spatial3d/geom/GeoStandardPath.java
@@ -1739,7 +1739,7 @@ class GeoStandardPath extends GeoBasePath {
       componentStack.add(component);
       depthStack.add(0);
       while (depthStack.size() >= 2) {
-        if (depthStack.get(depthStack.size() - 1) == depthStack.get(depthStack.size() - 2)) {
+        if (depthStack.get(depthStack.size() - 1).equals(depthStack.get(depthStack.size() - 2))) {
           mergeTop();
         } else {
           break;