diff --git a/hibernate-envers/src/main/java/org/hibernate/envers/event/spi/EnversListenerDuplicationStrategy.java b/hibernate-envers/src/main/java/org/hibernate/envers/event/spi/EnversListenerDuplicationStrategy.java
index a4a3c4b55d..276bd92c35 100644
--- a/hibernate-envers/src/main/java/org/hibernate/envers/event/spi/EnversListenerDuplicationStrategy.java
+++ b/hibernate-envers/src/main/java/org/hibernate/envers/event/spi/EnversListenerDuplicationStrategy.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class EnversListenerDuplicationStrategy implements DuplicationStrategy {
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean areMatch(Object listener, Object original) {
-		return listener.getClass().equals( original ) && EnversListener.class.isInstance( listener );
+		return listener.getClass().equals( original.getClass() ) && EnversListener.class.isInstance( listener );
 	}
 
 	@Override