diff --git a/packages/phalanx/src/Phalanx_TemplateIterator.hpp b/packages/phalanx/src/Phalanx_TemplateIterator.hpp
index adf0e83c2a29..fe0a163c8c8d 100644
--- a/packages/phalanx/src/Phalanx_TemplateIterator.hpp
+++ b/packages/phalanx/src/Phalanx_TemplateIterator.hpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ namespace PHX {
 
     //! Equal operator
     bool operator==(const TemplateIterator& t) const {
-      return object_iterator == t.objectIterator;
+      return object_iterator == t.object_iterator;
     }
 
     //! Not equal operator
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ namespace PHX {
 
     //! Equal operator
     bool operator==(const ConstTemplateIterator& t) const {
-      return object_iterator == t.objectIterator;
+      return object_iterator == t.object_iterator;
     }
 
     //! Not equal operator
diff --git a/packages/phalanx/test/TemplateManager/TemplateManagerTest.cpp b/packages/phalanx/test/TemplateManager/TemplateManagerTest.cpp
index 3a0e5389105d..6024b3fda4b8 100644
--- a/packages/phalanx/test/TemplateManager/TemplateManagerTest.cpp
+++ b/packages/phalanx/test/TemplateManager/TemplateManagerTest.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // @HEADER
 // *****************************************************************************
-//        Phalanx: A Partial Differential Equation Field Evaluation 
+//        Phalanx: A Partial Differential Equation Field Evaluation
 //       Kernel for Flexible Management of Complex Dependency Chains
 //
 // Copyright 2008 NTESS and the Phalanx contributors.
@@ -58,3 +58,27 @@ TEUCHOS_UNIT_TEST(template_manager_test, basic)
   auto r2 = tm.getAsObject<R>();
   TEST_ASSERT(r2.is_null());
 }
+
+TEUCHOS_UNIT_TEST(template_manager_test, iterator_ops)
+{
+  using namespace PHX;
+  DummyTemplateManager<MyTraits> tm;
+
+  auto start = tm.begin();
+  auto start_again = tm.begin();
+  auto end = tm.end();
+
+  TEST_ASSERT(start == start_again);
+  TEST_ASSERT(start != end);
+
+  ++start;
+  TEST_ASSERT(start != start_again);
+
+  start_again++;
+  TEST_ASSERT(start == start_again);
+
+  ++start;
+  start_again++;
+  TEST_ASSERT(start == end);
+  TEST_ASSERT(start_again == end);
+}