diff --git a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/DfaMemoryStateImpl.java b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/DfaMemoryStateImpl.java
index 7a3e49fdb587..651c4d4d09f6 100644
--- a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/DfaMemoryStateImpl.java
+++ b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/DfaMemoryStateImpl.java
@@ -361,7 +361,8 @@ public class DfaMemoryStateImpl implements DfaMemoryState {
       return false;
     }
     return !isNull(dfaLeft) && !isNull(dfaRight) &&
-           DfaUtil.isComparedByEquals(getPsiType(dfaLeft)) && DfaUtil.isComparedByEquals(getPsiType(dfaRight));
+           TypeConstraint.fromDfType(getDfType(dfaLeft)).isComparedByEquals() &&
+           TypeConstraint.fromDfType(getDfType(dfaRight)).isComparedByEquals();
   }
 
   private static boolean isSuperValue(DfaValue superValue, DfaValue subValue) {