diff --git a/modules/comment/comment.module b/modules/comment/comment.module
index 5da54b2f258..27bf4ab7db6 100644
--- a/modules/comment/comment.module
+++ b/modules/comment/comment.module
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ function comment_save($edit) {
         $edit['cid'] = db_next_id('{comments}_cid');
         $edit['timestamp'] = time();
 
-        if ($edit['uid'] == $user->uid) {
+        if ($edit['uid'] === $user->uid) { // '===' because we want to modify anonymous users too
           $edit['name'] = $user->name;
         }