diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c9f21ba1..90c39e44 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ HEAD
 ----
 
 * Made PROGMEM available on more platforms (issue #381)
+* Fixed PROGMEM causing an exception on ESP8266 (issue #383)
 
 v5.7.1
 ------
diff --git a/include/ArduinoJson/Internals/StringFuncs.hpp b/include/ArduinoJson/Internals/StringFuncs.hpp
index 91404d4d..e32efae7 100644
--- a/include/ArduinoJson/Internals/StringFuncs.hpp
+++ b/include/ArduinoJson/Internals/StringFuncs.hpp
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ struct StringFuncs<std::string> : StdStringFuncs<std::string> {};
 template <>
 struct StringFuncs<const __FlashStringHelper*> {
   static bool equals(const __FlashStringHelper* str, const char* expected) {
-    return strcmp_P((PGM_P)str, expected) == 0;
+    return strcmp_P(expected, (PGM_P)str) == 0;
   }
 
   template <typename Buffer>