diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/FooterLineTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/FooterLineTest.java
index d199f04cc..9538a06b4 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/FooterLineTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/FooterLineTest.java
@@ -306,6 +306,26 @@ public void testFilterFootersIgnoreCase() {
 		assertEquals("Main Tain Er <mte@example.com>", footers.get(1));
 	}
 
+	public void testMatchesBugId() {
+		final RevCommit commit = parse("this is a commit subject for test\n"
+				+ "\n" // paragraph break, now footers appear in final block
+				+ "Simple-Bug-Id: 42\n");
+		final List<FooterLine> footers = commit.getFooterLines();
+
+		assertNotNull(footers);
+		assertEquals(1, footers.size());
+
+		final FooterLine line = footers.get(0);
+		assertNotNull(line);
+		assertEquals("Simple-Bug-Id", line.getKey());
+		assertEquals("42", line.getValue());
+
+		final FooterKey bugid = new FooterKey("Simple-Bug-Id");
+		assertTrue("matches Simple-Bug-Id", line.matches(bugid));
+		assertFalse("not Signed-off-by", line.matches(FooterKey.SIGNED_OFF_BY));
+		assertFalse("not CC", line.matches(FooterKey.CC));
+	}
+
 	private RevCommit parse(final String msg) {
 		final StringBuilder buf = new StringBuilder();
 		buf.append("tree " + ObjectId.zeroId().name() + "\n");
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/FooterLine.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/FooterLine.java
index 541f2748e..530200b0c 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/FooterLine.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/revwalk/FooterLine.java
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public boolean matches(final FooterKey key) {
 		int bPtr = keyStart;
 		if (keyEnd - bPtr != len)
 			return false;
-		for (int kPtr = 0; bPtr < len;) {
+		for (int kPtr = 0; kPtr < len;) {
 			byte b = buffer[bPtr++];
 			if ('A' <= b && b <= 'Z')
 				b += 'a' - 'A';