diff --git a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/XmlNodeConverter.cs b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/XmlNodeConverter.cs
index 6cf726c1..67ba7454 100644
--- a/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/XmlNodeConverter.cs
+++ b/Src/Newtonsoft.Json/Converters/XmlNodeConverter.cs
@@ -1349,7 +1349,7 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Converters
 
             string elementPrefix = MiscellaneousUtils.GetPrefix(propertyName);
 
-            if (propertyName.StartsWith("@"))
+            if (propertyName.StartsWith("@", StringComparison.Ordinal))
             {
                 string attributeName = propertyName.Substring(1);
                 string attributeValue = reader.Value.ToString();
@@ -1777,4 +1777,4 @@ namespace Newtonsoft.Json.Converters
     }
 }
 
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif