diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/tts/TtsEngineSettingsFragment.java b/src/com/android/settings/tts/TtsEngineSettingsFragment.java
index 3f740d7ea34..18d1fdb6233 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/tts/TtsEngineSettingsFragment.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/tts/TtsEngineSettingsFragment.java
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public class TtsEngineSettingsFragment extends SettingsPreferenceFragment implem
             if (loc != null){
                 entries[i] = loc.getDisplayName();
                 entryValues[i] = availableLangs.get(i);
-                if (entryValues[i].equals(currentLocale)) {
+                if (availableLangs.get(i).equalsIgnoreCase(currentLocale)) {
                     selectedLanguageIndex = i;
                 }
             }