diff --git a/RSyntaxTextArea/src/main/java/org/fife/ui/rsyntaxtextarea/Theme.java b/RSyntaxTextArea/src/main/java/org/fife/ui/rsyntaxtextarea/Theme.java
index fa56baf5d..725596ccd 100755
--- a/RSyntaxTextArea/src/main/java/org/fife/ui/rsyntaxtextarea/Theme.java
+++ b/RSyntaxTextArea/src/main/java/org/fife/ui/rsyntaxtextarea/Theme.java
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ else if ("style".equals(qName)) {
 					}
 
 					// RSTA delegates to baseFont if a scheme has no font
-					if (theme.scheme.getStyle(index).font == theme.baseFont) {
+					if (theme.baseFont.equals(theme.scheme.getStyle(index).font)) {
 						theme.scheme.getStyle(index).font = null;
 					}