diff --git a/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/Ternary.java b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/Ternary.java
index fee69eeb3b7..115d0f4edfd 100644
--- a/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/Ternary.java
+++ b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/Ternary.java
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public class Ternary<T, U, V> {
     
     @Override
     public boolean equals(Object obj) {
-        if (!(obj instanceof Pair)) {
+        if (!(obj instanceof Ternary)) {
             return false;
         }
         Ternary<?, ?, ?> that = (Ternary<?, ?, ?>)obj;
diff --git a/utils/test/com/cloud/utils/TernaryTest.java b/utils/test/com/cloud/utils/TernaryTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ec1c2f9bf52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/test/com/cloud/utils/TernaryTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package com.cloud.utils;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class TernaryTest {
+    @Test
+    public void testEquals() {
+        Assert.assertEquals(new Ternary<String, String, String>("a", "b", "c"), new Ternary<String, String, String>(
+                "a", "b", "c"));
+        Assert.assertFalse(new Ternary<String, String, String>("a", "b", "c")
+                .equals(new Ternary<String, String, String>("a", "b", "d")));
+        Assert.assertFalse(new Ternary<String, String, String>("a", "b", "c").equals(""));
+        Assert.assertFalse(new Ternary<String, String, String>("a", "b", "c").equals(null));
+        Assert.assertFalse(new Ternary<String, String, String>("a", "b", "c")
+                .equals(new Pair<String, String>("a", "b")));
+    }
+}