diff --git a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/DefaultHttpHeaders.java b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/DefaultHttpHeaders.java
index 2cfaf9e082..902ae4c91d 100644
--- a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/DefaultHttpHeaders.java
+++ b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/DefaultHttpHeaders.java
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ public class DefaultHttpHeaders extends HttpHeaders {
         while (e != null) {
             if (e.hash == h && equalsIgnoreCase(name, e.key)) {
                 if (ignoreCaseValue) {
-                    if (e.value.equalsIgnoreCase(value)) {
+                    if (equalsIgnoreCase(e.value, value)) {
                         return true;
                     }
                 } else {