diff --git a/jetty-proxy/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/proxy/AbstractProxyServlet.java b/jetty-proxy/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/proxy/AbstractProxyServlet.java
index e0b971e5047..9cf0dd5e5b8 100644
--- a/jetty-proxy/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/proxy/AbstractProxyServlet.java
+++ b/jetty-proxy/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/proxy/AbstractProxyServlet.java
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractProxyServlet extends HttpServlet
 
     protected boolean expects100Continue(HttpServletRequest request)
     {
-        return HttpHeaderValue.CONTINUE.asString().equals(request.getHeader(HttpHeader.EXPECT.asString()));
+        return HttpHeaderValue.CONTINUE.is(request.getHeader(HttpHeader.EXPECT.asString()));
     }
 
     protected void copyRequestHeaders(HttpServletRequest clientRequest, Request proxyRequest)