diff --git a/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/db.hxx b/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/db.hxx
index d00fbaba4a50..79455916627d 100644
--- a/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/db.hxx
+++ b/xmlhelp/source/cxxhelp/provider/db.hxx
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ namespace helpdatafileproxy {
     struct eq
     {
         bool operator()( const OString& rKey1, const OString& rKey2 ) const
-            { return rKey1.compareTo( rKey2 ) == 0; }
+        { return (rKey1 == rKey2); }
     };
 
     struct ha