diff --git a/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/element/runtime_type_equality.dart b/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/element/runtime_type_equality.dart
index fc3ec5e2e2d..5364c58d561 100644
--- a/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/element/runtime_type_equality.dart
+++ b/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/element/runtime_type_equality.dart
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class RuntimeTypeEqualityVisitor
   @override
   bool visitInterfaceType(InterfaceType T1, DartType T2) {
     if (T2 is InterfaceType &&
-        T1.element == T2.element &&
+        identical(T1.element, T2.element) &&
         _compatibleNullability(T1, T2)) {
       var T1_typeArguments = T1.typeArguments;
       var T2_typeArguments = T2.typeArguments;
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class RuntimeTypeEqualityVisitor
   bool visitTypeParameterType(TypeParameterType T1, DartType T2) {
     return T2 is TypeParameterType &&
         _compatibleNullability(T1, T2) &&
-        T1.element == T2.element;
+        identical(T1.element, T2.element);
   }
 
   @override