diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/CFMetaData.java b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/CFMetaData.java
index 2ed4a95617..607359451f 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/CFMetaData.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/cassandra/config/CFMetaData.java
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ public final class CFMetaData
     {
         className = className.contains(".") ? className : "org.apache.cassandra.db.compaction." + className;
         Class<AbstractCompactionStrategy> strategyClass = FBUtilities.classForName(className, "compaction strategy");
-        if (strategyClass.equals(WrappingCompactionStrategy.class))
+        if (className.equals(WrappingCompactionStrategy.class.getName()))
             throw new ConfigurationException("You can't set WrappingCompactionStrategy as the compaction strategy!");
         if (!AbstractCompactionStrategy.class.isAssignableFrom(strategyClass))
             throw new ConfigurationException(String.format("Specified compaction strategy class (%s) is not derived from AbstractReplicationStrategy", className));
@@ -869,10 +869,8 @@ public final class CFMetaData
     {
         try
         {
-            Constructor<? extends AbstractCompactionStrategy> constructor = compactionStrategyClass.getConstructor(new Class[] {
-                ColumnFamilyStore.class,
-                Map.class // options
-            });
+            Constructor<? extends AbstractCompactionStrategy> constructor =
+                compactionStrategyClass.getConstructor(ColumnFamilyStore.class, Map.class);
             return constructor.newInstance(cfs, compactionStrategyOptions);
         }
         catch (NoSuchMethodException | IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException | InstantiationException e)