diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/streamview.cc b/gtk2_ardour/streamview.cc
index 1e42bd00fe..2b634df91c 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/streamview.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/streamview.cc
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ StreamView::set_selected_regionviews (RegionSelection& regions)
 		/* Linear search: probably as good as anything else */
 
 		for (RegionSelection::iterator ii = regions.begin(); ii != regions.end(); ++ii) {
-			if (*i == *ii) {
+			if ((*i)->region() == (*ii)->region()) {
 				selected = true;
 				break;
 			}