diff --git a/arex-instrumentation/servlet/arex-httpservlet/src/main/java/io/arex/inst/httpservlet/ServletAdviceHelper.java b/arex-instrumentation/servlet/arex-httpservlet/src/main/java/io/arex/inst/httpservlet/ServletAdviceHelper.java
index 2f72b4032..0d2921bfe 100644
--- a/arex-instrumentation/servlet/arex-httpservlet/src/main/java/io/arex/inst/httpservlet/ServletAdviceHelper.java
+++ b/arex-instrumentation/servlet/arex-httpservlet/src/main/java/io/arex/inst/httpservlet/ServletAdviceHelper.java
@@ -210,8 +210,8 @@ private static <TRequest> boolean shouldSkip(ServletAdapter<TRequest, ?> adapter
         }
 
         // skip if pre-request http-method is HEAD or OPTIONS
-        if (HttpMethod.HEAD.matches(adapter.getMethod(httpServletRequest))
-                || HttpMethod.OPTIONS.matches(adapter.getMethod(httpServletRequest))) {
+        if (HttpMethod.HEAD.name().equals(adapter.getMethod(httpServletRequest))
+                || HttpMethod.OPTIONS.name().equals(adapter.getMethod(httpServletRequest))) {
             return true;
         }