diff --git a/fine-jedis/src/com/fr/third/redis/clients/jedis/Tuple.java b/fine-jedis/src/com/fr/third/redis/clients/jedis/Tuple.java
index a2b7575f2..36bfe481b 100755
--- a/fine-jedis/src/com/fr/third/redis/clients/jedis/Tuple.java
+++ b/fine-jedis/src/com/fr/third/redis/clients/jedis/Tuple.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package com.fr.third.redis.clients.jedis;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Objects;
 
 import com.fr.third.redis.clients.jedis.util.ByteArrayComparator;
 import com.fr.third.redis.clients.jedis.util.SafeEncoder;
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ public class Tuple implements Comparable<Tuple> {
     if (getClass() != obj.getClass()) return false;
     Tuple other = (Tuple) obj;
     if (!Arrays.equals(element, other.element)) return false;
-    return Objects.equals(score, other.score);
+    return equals(score, other.score);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -77,4 +76,8 @@ public class Tuple implements Comparable<Tuple> {
   public String toString() {
     return '[' + SafeEncoder.encode(element) + ',' + score + ']';
   }
+
+  public static boolean equals(Object a, Object b) {
+    return (a == b) || (a != null && a.equals(b));
+  }
 }