diff --git a/src/main/java/com/conveyal/r5/streets/MultistageTraversalTimeCalculator.java b/src/main/java/com/conveyal/r5/streets/MultistageTraversalTimeCalculator.java
index 02ef32366..ceb9f3226 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/conveyal/r5/streets/MultistageTraversalTimeCalculator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/conveyal/r5/streets/MultistageTraversalTimeCalculator.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public MultistageTraversalTimeCalculator (TraversalTimeCalculator base, List<Cos
     public int traversalTimeSeconds (EdgeStore.Edge currentEdge, StreetMode streetMode, ProfileRequest req) {
         final int baseTraversalTimeSeconds = base.traversalTimeSeconds(currentEdge, streetMode, req);
         int t = baseTraversalTimeSeconds;
-        if (!streetMode.equals(StreetMode.CAR)) {
+        if (!StreetMode.CAR.equals(streetMode)) {
             for (CostField costField : costFields) {
                 t += costField.additionalTraversalTimeSeconds(currentEdge, baseTraversalTimeSeconds);
             }