1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/query/profile/compiled/CompiledQueryProfile.java b/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/query/profile/compiled/CompiledQueryProfile.java
index a600389f4d5..ad9d3f4c1a5 100644
--- a/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/query/profile/compiled/CompiledQueryProfile.java
+++ b/container-search/src/main/java/com/yahoo/search/query/profile/compiled/CompiledQueryProfile.java
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ public class CompiledQueryProfile extends AbstractComponent implements Cloneable
     private Object substitute(Object value, Map<String, String> context, Properties substitution) {
         if (value == null) return value;
         if (substitution == null) return value;
-        if (value.getClass() != SubstituteString.class) return value;
+        if ( ! (value instanceof SubstituteString)) return value;
         return ((SubstituteString)value).substitute(context, substitution);
     }