diff --git a/lib/gssapi/mech/gss_compare_name.c b/lib/gssapi/mech/gss_compare_name.c
index 8e5659281..18a8536ab 100644
--- a/lib/gssapi/mech/gss_compare_name.c
+++ b/lib/gssapi/mech/gss_compare_name.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ gss_compare_name(OM_uint32 *minor_status,
 		if (!gss_oid_equal(&name1->gn_type, &name2->gn_type)) {
 			*name_equal = 0;
 		} else if (name1->gn_value.length != name2->gn_value.length ||
-		    memcmp(name1->gn_value.value, name1->gn_value.value,
+		    memcmp(name1->gn_value.value, name2->gn_value.value,
 			name1->gn_value.length)) {
 			*name_equal = 0;
 		}