src/share/classes/java/util/Collections.java

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Oracle designates this

@@ -1861,10 +1861,12 @@
             super(list, mutex);
             this.list = list;
         }
 
         public boolean equals(Object o) {
+            if (this == o) 
+                return true;
             synchronized (mutex) {return list.equals(o);}
         }
         public int hashCode() {
             synchronized (mutex) {return list.hashCode();}
         }