diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
index a8e0caed5..90b69de8e 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/animation.cpp
@@ -793,7 +793,7 @@ namespace MWRender
               // We have to ignore extra garbage at the end.
               // The Scrib's idle3 animation has "Idle3: Stop." instead of "Idle3: Stop".
               // Why, just why? :(
-              && (stopkey->second.size() < stoptag.size() || stopkey->second.substr(0,stoptag.size()) != stoptag))
+              && (stopkey->second.size() < stoptag.size() || stopkey->second.compare(0,stoptag.size(), stoptag) != 0))
             ++stopkey;
         if(stopkey == keys.rend())
             return false;