diff --git a/src/sunstone/public/app/utils/labels/utils.js b/src/sunstone/public/app/utils/labels/utils.js
index a69580cf72..6db93c08f9 100644
--- a/src/sunstone/public/app/utils/labels/utils.js
+++ b/src/sunstone/public/app/utils/labels/utils.js
@@ -302,13 +302,12 @@ define(function(require) {
         $.each(selectedItems, function(index, resourceId) {
           labelsStr = _getLabel(tabName, dataTable, labelsColumn, resourceId);
           if (labelsStr != '') {
-            labelsArray = labelsStr.split(',')
+            labelsArray = labelsStr.split(',');
           } else {
-            labelsArray = []
+            labelsArray = [];
           }
 
-          labelIndex = $.inArray(labelName, labelsArray);
-          if (labelIndex == -1) {
+          if (!existInArrInsensitive(labelName, labelsArray)) {
             labelsArray.push(labelName);
             _updateResouceLabels(tabName, resourceId, labelsArray);
           }
@@ -319,6 +318,17 @@ define(function(require) {
     });
   }
 
+  function existInArrInsensitive(val, arr){
+    if (arr.length){
+      for (var i = 0; arr.length > i; i++){
+        if (val.toLowerCase() == arr[i].toLowerCase()){
+          return true;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
   function _updateResouceLabels(tabName, resourceId, labelsArray) {
     var resource = Sunstone.getResource(tabName);
     var tabTable = Sunstone.getDataTable(tabName);