diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/underscore/Xml.java b/src/main/java/com/github/underscore/Xml.java
index ab9bbb01..ff86dd95 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/underscore/Xml.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/underscore/Xml.java
@@ -1673,7 +1673,7 @@ private static void addText(
         final int index = objects.size();
         while (true) {
             final Map.Entry lastElement = (Map.Entry) map.entrySet().toArray()[lastIndex];
-            if (name.equals(String.valueOf(lastElement.getKey()))) {
+            if (String.valueOf(lastElement.getKey()).equals(name)) {
                 break;
             }
             final Map<String, Object> item = new LinkedHashMap<>();