diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
index 140bdb1a5b6..a1b4af02c34 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-09-27  Marcus Shawcroft  <marcus.shawcroft@arm.com>
+
+	* libsupc++/tinfo.cc (type_info::operator==): Test __name instead
+	of name().
+
 2011-09-26  Paolo Carlini  <paolo.carlini@oracle.com>
 
 	PR libstdc++/50529
diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/tinfo.cc b/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/tinfo.cc
index d939a3fdab7..eba74dbdada 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/tinfo.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/tinfo.cc
@@ -41,8 +41,11 @@ operator== (const std::type_info& arg) const
 #if __GXX_MERGED_TYPEINFO_NAMES
   return name () == arg.name ();
 #else
+  /* The name() method will strip any leading '*' prefix. Therefore
+     take care to look at __name rather than name() when looking for
+     the "pointer" prefix.  */
   return (&arg == this)
-    || (name ()[0] != '*' && (__builtin_strcmp (name (), arg.name ()) == 0));
+    || (__name[0] != '*' && (__builtin_strcmp (name (), arg.name ()) == 0));
 #endif
 }