diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic.js b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic.js
index 67d904b4678..96316753c3d 100755
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/topic.js
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ Discourse.Topic = Discourse.Model.extend({
 
   excerptTruncated: function() {
     var e = this.get('excerpt');
-    return( e && e.substr(e.length - 8,8) == '…' );
+    return( e && e.substr(e.length - 8,8) === '…' );
   }.property('excerpt')
 });