diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gitlab4j/api/GitLabApi.java b/src/main/java/org/gitlab4j/api/GitLabApi.java
index d9cea03d7..280a99914 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gitlab4j/api/GitLabApi.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gitlab4j/api/GitLabApi.java
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ public void setSudoAsId(Integer sudoAsId) throws GitLabApiException {
 
         // Get the User specified by the sudoAsId, if you are not an admin or the username is not found, this will fail
         User user = getUserApi().getUser(sudoAsId);
-        if (user == null || user.getId() != sudoAsId) {
+        if (user == null || !user.getId().equals(sudoAsId)) {
             throw new GitLabApiException("the specified user ID was not found");
         }