diff --git a/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/tinfo.cc b/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/tinfo.cc
index d939a3f..eba74db 100644
--- a/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/tinfo.cc
+++ b/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/tinfo.cc
@@ -41,8 +41,11 @@ operator== (const std::type_info& arg) const
 #if __GXX_MERGED_TYPEINFO_NAMES
   return name () == arg.name ();
 #else
+  /* The name() method will strip any leading '*' prefix. Therefore
+     take care to look at __name rather than name() when looking for
+     the "pointer" prefix.  */
   return (&arg == this)
-    || (name ()[0] != '*' && (__builtin_strcmp (name (), arg.name ()) == 0));
+    || (__name[0] != '*' && (__builtin_strcmp (name (), arg.name ()) == 0));
 #endif
 }