diff --git a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpResponseStatus.java b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpResponseStatus.java
index b5fffee57a..5a6c08297d 100644
--- a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpResponseStatus.java
+++ b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/HttpResponseStatus.java
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ public class HttpResponseStatus implements Comparable<HttpResponseStatus> {
                 int code = Integer.parseInt(status.substring(0, space));
                 String reasonPhrase = status.substring(space + 1);
                 HttpResponseStatus responseStatus = valueOf(code);
-                if (responseStatus.reasonPhrase().equals(reasonPhrase)) {
+                if (responseStatus.reasonPhrase().toString().equals(reasonPhrase)) {
                     return responseStatus;
                 } else {
                     return new HttpResponseStatus(code, reasonPhrase);
diff --git a/codec/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/AsciiStringTest.java b/codec/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/AsciiStringTest.java
index 52fbcd999a..0d459bc1fc 100644
--- a/codec/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/AsciiStringTest.java
+++ b/codec/src/test/java/io/netty/handler/codec/AsciiStringTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.nio.CharBuffer;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 import java.nio.charset.CharsetEncoder;
 
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 /**
@@ -79,6 +80,13 @@ public class AsciiStringTest {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testComparisonWithString() {
+        String string = "shouldn't fail";
+        AsciiString ascii = new AsciiString(string.toCharArray());
+        Assert.assertEquals(string, ascii.toString());
+    }
+
     private static byte[] getBytesWithEncoder(CharSequence value, Charset charset) {
         final CharsetEncoder encoder = CharsetUtil.getEncoder(charset);
         final ByteBuffer nativeBuffer = ByteBuffer.allocate((int) (encoder.maxBytesPerChar() * value.length()));