diff --git a/src/Workspaces/Core/Portable/SymbolId/SymbolId.cs b/src/Workspaces/Core/Portable/SymbolId/SymbolId.cs
index dbf00186fffc4ad319a0a05d2cdb2bff499c3df4..233e6c1584b44ed450d89b377a40cdcb41a7dc32 100644
--- a/src/Workspaces/Core/Portable/SymbolId/SymbolId.cs
+++ b/src/Workspaces/Core/Portable/SymbolId/SymbolId.cs
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ private void EncodeGenericTypeInfo(INamedTypeSymbol symbol)
             {
                 if (symbol.IsGenericType)
                 {
-                    if (symbol.OriginalDefinition == symbol)
+                    if (Equals(symbol.OriginalDefinition, symbol))
                     {
                         _builder.Append("`");
                         _builder.Append(symbol.TypeParameters.Length);
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ private bool IsInScope(ITypeParameterSymbol typeParameterSymbol)
 
                 for (var scope = _typeParameterContext; scope != null; scope = scope.ContainingSymbol)
                 {
-                    if (scope == typeParameterDeclarer)
+                    if (Equals(scope, typeParameterDeclarer))
                     {
                         return true;
                     }