diff --git a/libjava/ChangeLog b/libjava/ChangeLog
index 03cf46dc43c..67fb114328d 100644
--- a/libjava/ChangeLog
+++ b/libjava/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-06-18  Michael Koch  <konqueror@gmx.de>
+
+	* java/util/Locale.java
+	(equals): Merged from classpath.
+
 2003-06-18  Michael Koch  <konqueror@gmx.de>
 
 	* java/net/InetAddress.java:
diff --git a/libjava/java/util/Locale.java b/libjava/java/util/Locale.java
index 37dea4e69e8..60fdd0ad93b 100644
--- a/libjava/java/util/Locale.java
+++ b/libjava/java/util/Locale.java
@@ -723,9 +723,12 @@ public final class Locale implements Serializable, Cloneable
    */
   public boolean equals(Object obj)
   {
+    if (this == obj)
+      return true;
     if (! (obj instanceof Locale))
       return false;
     Locale l = (Locale) obj;
+
     return (language.equals(l.language)
             && country.equals(l.country)
             && variant.equals(l.variant));