diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/AbbreviatedObjectIdTest.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/AbbreviatedObjectIdTest.java
index 6529d9e..30a9626 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/AbbreviatedObjectIdTest.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.test/tst/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/AbbreviatedObjectIdTest.java
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@
 		final ObjectId f = i.toObjectId();
 		assertNotNull(f);
 		assertEquals(ObjectId.fromString(s), f);
-		assertEquals(f.hashCode(), i.hashCode());
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -101,7 +100,6 @@
 		final ObjectId f = i.toObjectId();
 		assertNotNull(f);
 		assertEquals(ObjectId.fromString(s), f);
-		assertEquals(f.hashCode(), i.hashCode());
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -215,7 +213,7 @@
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void testEquals_Short() {
+	public void testEquals_Short8() {
 		final String s = "7b6e8067";
 		final AbbreviatedObjectId a = AbbreviatedObjectId.fromString(s);
 		final AbbreviatedObjectId b = AbbreviatedObjectId.fromString(s);
@@ -226,6 +224,18 @@
 	}
 
 	@Test
+	public void testEquals_Short4() {
+		final String s = "7b6e";
+		final AbbreviatedObjectId a = AbbreviatedObjectId.fromString(s);
+		final AbbreviatedObjectId b = AbbreviatedObjectId.fromString(s);
+		assertNotSame(a, b);
+		assertTrue(a.hashCode() != 0);
+		assertTrue(a.hashCode() == b.hashCode());
+		assertEquals(b, a);
+		assertEquals(a, b);
+	}
+
+	@Test
 	public void testEquals_Full() {
 		final String s = "7b6e8067ec96acef9a4184b43210d583b6d2f99a";
 		final AbbreviatedObjectId a = AbbreviatedObjectId.fromString(s);
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/AbbreviatedObjectId.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/AbbreviatedObjectId.java
index 29a379e..0567051 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/AbbreviatedObjectId.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/AbbreviatedObjectId.java
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@
 
 	@Override
 	public int hashCode() {
-		return w2;
+		return w1;
 	}
 
 	@Override