diff --git a/release-notes/VERSION b/release-notes/VERSION
index 4db5688d0f..1a5db0e258 100644
--- a/release-notes/VERSION
+++ b/release-notes/VERSION
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ json-specificity (naming due to historical reasons).
 
 #184: WRITE_NUMBERS_AS_STRINGS disables WRITE_BIGDECIMAL_AS_PLAIN
  (reported by Derek C)
+#191: Longest collision chain in symbol table now exceeds maximum
 
 2.4.5 (13-Jan-2015)
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/ReaderBasedJsonParser.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/ReaderBasedJsonParser.java
index b5b0051c71..a4437180f3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/ReaderBasedJsonParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/core/json/ReaderBasedJsonParser.java
@@ -1302,7 +1302,7 @@ private String _parseName2(int startPtr, int hash, int endChar) throws IOExcepti
                     }
                 }
             }
-            hash = (hash * CharsToNameCanonicalizer.HASH_MULT) + i;
+            hash = (hash * CharsToNameCanonicalizer.HASH_MULT) + c;
             // Ok, let's add char to output:
             outBuf[outPtr++] = c;