1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c
index b00bb5b06c2..6b9c2ca046c 100644
--- a/src/buffer.c
+++ b/src/buffer.c
@@ -2198,7 +2198,7 @@ char-to-byte.  */)
               
           if (ASCII_BYTE_P (*p))
             p++, pos++;
-          else if (method == Qas
+          else if (EQ (method, Qas)
                    && (bytes = MULTIBYTE_LENGTH (p, pend)) > 0)
             p += bytes, pos += bytes;
           else
@@ -2206,7 +2206,7 @@ char-to-byte.  */)
               unsigned char tmp[MAX_MULTIBYTE_LENGTH];
               int c;
 
-              if (method == Qmake)
+              if (EQ (method, Qmake))
                 c = unibyte_char_to_multibyte (*p);
               else
                 c = BYTE8_TO_CHAR (*p);