diff --git a/discord/ext/bridge/core.py b/discord/ext/bridge/core.py
index f07b02fa39..9dc58fb009 100644
--- a/discord/ext/bridge/core.py
+++ b/discord/ext/bridge/core.py
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ def __getattribute__(self, name):
         except AttributeError as e:
             # if it doesn't exist, check this list, if the name of
             # the parameter is here
-            if name is self.__special_attrs__:
+            if name in self.__special_attrs__:
                 raise e
 
             # looks up the result in the variants.