diff --git a/codec-http2/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http2/LastInboundHandler.java b/codec-http2/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http2/LastInboundHandler.java
index 098ceb7dcc..f7a8382059 100644
--- a/codec-http2/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http2/LastInboundHandler.java
+++ b/codec-http2/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http2/LastInboundHandler.java
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public class LastInboundHandler implements ChannelHandler {
 
     @Override
     public void channelWritabilityChanged(ChannelHandlerContext ctx) throws Exception {
-        if (writabilityStates == "") {
+        if ("".equals(writabilityStates)) {
             writabilityStates = String.valueOf(ctx.channel().isWritable());
         } else {
             writabilityStates += "," + ctx.channel().isWritable();