diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/ChangeLog b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/ChangeLog
index bcaf82c244d..5dc532031d8 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/ChangeLog
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2004-02-10 Vladimir Hirsl
+	Fix for PR# 51373: NPE when trying to instantiate a CBuildConsole with non null id
+
 2004-02-06 Hoda Amer
 	Fix for Bug#51208: NullPointerException in CModelBuilder
 	
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/CCorePlugin.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/CCorePlugin.java
index 9e6a1cfc6f7..f1da22ca867 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/CCorePlugin.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/src/org/eclipse/cdt/core/CCorePlugin.java
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ public class CCorePlugin extends Plugin {
 					IConfigurationElement[] configElements = extensions[i].getConfigurationElements();
 					for (int j = 0; j < configElements.length; j++) {
 						String builderID = configElements[j].getAttribute("builderID");
-						if ((id == null && builderID == null) || (id != null && builderID.equals(id))) {
+						if ((id == null && builderID == null) || (id != null && id.equals(builderID))) {
 							return (IConsole) configElements[j].createExecutableExtension("class");
 						}
 					}