diff --git a/administrator/components/com_admin/script.php b/administrator/components/com_admin/script.php
index 2de4550e84453..6cd4e6394d439 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_admin/script.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_admin/script.php
@@ -1700,7 +1700,8 @@ private function convertTablesToUtf8mb4()
 
 		// Check conversion status in database
 		$db->setQuery('SELECT ' . $db->quoteName('converted')
-			. ' FROM ' . $db->quoteName('#__utf8_conversion');
+			. ' FROM ' . $db->quoteName('#__utf8_conversion')
+			);
 
 		try
 		{
@@ -1714,7 +1715,7 @@ private function convertTablesToUtf8mb4()
 		}
 
 		// Nothing to do, saved conversion status from DB is equal to required
-		if ($convertedDB === $converted)
+		if ($convertedDB == $converted)
 		{
 			return;
 		}