diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Array/JsonArray.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Array/JsonArray.hpp
index 813cbbc0..6a9b9b0c 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Array/JsonArray.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Array/JsonArray.hpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class JsonArray : public detail::VariantOperators<JsonArray> {
 
   // Compares the content of two arrays.
   FORCE_INLINE bool operator==(JsonArray rhs) const {
-    return JsonArrayConst(data_) == JsonArrayConst(rhs.data_);
+    return arrayEquals(data_, rhs.data_);
   }
 
   // Removes the element at the specified iterator.
diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Array/JsonArrayConst.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Array/JsonArrayConst.hpp
index cbd87628..fb360423 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Array/JsonArrayConst.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Array/JsonArrayConst.hpp
@@ -45,12 +45,7 @@ class JsonArrayConst : public detail::VariantOperators<JsonArrayConst> {
   // Compares the content of two arrays.
   // Returns true if the two arrays are equal.
   FORCE_INLINE bool operator==(JsonArrayConst rhs) const {
-    if (data_ == rhs.data_)
-      return true;
-    if (!data_ || !rhs.data_)
-      return false;
-
-    return arrayEquals(*data_, *rhs.data_);
+    return arrayEquals(data_, rhs.data_);
   }
 
   // Returns the element at the specified index.
diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Collection/CollectionData.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Collection/CollectionData.hpp
index 91b05b00..dd08bb77 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Collection/CollectionData.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Collection/CollectionData.hpp
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ inline VariantData* collectionToVariant(CollectionData* collection) {
 
 bool arrayEquals(const detail::CollectionData& lhs,
                  const detail::CollectionData& rhs);
+bool arrayEquals(const detail::CollectionData* lhs,
+                 const detail::CollectionData* rhs);
 bool objectEquals(const detail::CollectionData& lhs,
                   const detail::CollectionData& rhs);
 
diff --git a/src/ArduinoJson/Collection/CollectionImpl.hpp b/src/ArduinoJson/Collection/CollectionImpl.hpp
index 6752a297..20f2f759 100644
--- a/src/ArduinoJson/Collection/CollectionImpl.hpp
+++ b/src/ArduinoJson/Collection/CollectionImpl.hpp
@@ -116,6 +116,15 @@ inline bool arrayEquals(const CollectionData& lhs, const CollectionData& rhs) {
   }
 }
 
+inline bool arrayEquals(const CollectionData* lhs, const CollectionData* rhs) {
+  if (lhs == rhs)
+    return true;
+  if (!lhs || !rhs)
+    return false;
+
+  return arrayEquals(*lhs, *rhs);
+}
+
 inline bool objectEquals(const CollectionData& lhs, const CollectionData& rhs) {
   size_t count = 0;
   for (auto a = lhs.head(); a; a = a->next()) {