diff --git a/plugin/templates/multi_pattern_resource_name.mustache b/plugin/templates/multi_pattern_resource_name.mustache
index bb6ad59..d1ded21 100644
--- a/plugin/templates/multi_pattern_resource_name.mustache
+++ b/plugin/templates/multi_pattern_resource_name.mustache
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ public class {{class_name}} implements ResourceName {
     if (o == this) {
       return true;
     }
-    if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) {
+    if (o != null || getClass() == o.getClass()) {
       {{class_name}} that = ({{class_name}}) o;
       return {{#format_fields}}{{#not_first}}
           && {{/not_first}}(Objects.equals(this.{{lower_camel_symbol}}, that.{{lower_camel_symbol}})){{/format_fields}};
diff --git a/test/testdata/protoannotation/java_archive_name.baseline b/test/testdata/protoannotation/java_archive_name.baseline
index 21623fa..2b79ae7 100644
--- a/test/testdata/protoannotation/java_archive_name.baseline
+++ b/test/testdata/protoannotation/java_archive_name.baseline
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ public class ArchiveName implements ResourceName {
     if (o == this) {
       return true;
     }
-    if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) {
+    if (o != null || getClass() == o.getClass()) {
       ArchiveName that = (ArchiveName) o;
       return (Objects.equals(this.project, that.project))
           && (Objects.equals(this.location, that.location))
diff --git a/test/testdata/protoannotation/java_book_name.baseline b/test/testdata/protoannotation/java_book_name.baseline
index 6db0dbc..ef2e645 100644
--- a/test/testdata/protoannotation/java_book_name.baseline
+++ b/test/testdata/protoannotation/java_book_name.baseline
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ public class BookName implements ResourceName {
     if (o == this) {
       return true;
     }
-    if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) {
+    if (o != null || getClass() == o.getClass()) {
       BookName that = (BookName) o;
       return (Objects.equals(this.project, that.project))
           && (Objects.equals(this.shelf, that.shelf))