diff --git a/compat/src/arkts/ts-reflection.ts b/compat/src/arkts/ts-reflection.ts
index 90744e2732f8734f9b853d618be61f6a2c8f2b8e..1adb8a57bf0a1b7c57503e5879435194bda4610c 100644
--- a/compat/src/arkts/ts-reflection.ts
+++ b/compat/src/arkts/ts-reflection.ts
@@ -28,9 +28,8 @@ export function functionOverValue<Value>(value: Value | (() => Value)): boolean
     return Type.of(value) instanceof FunctionType;
 }
 
-// Somehow es2panda only allows === on reference types.
 export function refEqual<Value>(a: Value, b: Value): boolean {
-    return a == b;
+    return a === b;
 }
 
 export function isNotPrimitive(value: Object): boolean {