diff --git a/zookeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zookeeper/server/quorum/QuorumCnxManager.java b/zookeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zookeeper/server/quorum/QuorumCnxManager.java
index 0987ad30518..2f240e9bf95 100644
--- a/zookeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zookeeper/server/quorum/QuorumCnxManager.java
+++ b/zookeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/zookeeper/server/quorum/QuorumCnxManager.java
@@ -768,7 +768,7 @@ synchronized void connectOne(long sid) {
             if (lastSeenQV != null
                 && lastProposedView.containsKey(sid)
                 && (!knownId
-                    || (lastProposedView.get(sid).electionAddr != lastCommittedView.get(sid).electionAddr))) {
+                    || !lastProposedView.get(sid).electionAddr.equals(lastCommittedView.get(sid).electionAddr))) {
                 knownId = true;
                 LOG.debug("Server {} knows {} already, it is in the lastProposedView", self.getId(), sid);