diff --git a/test/test_arraycontext.py b/test/test_arraycontext.py
index 9c63e5e27854bdac19bac561fdc168d34d6c5bd1..396414fcacbef2273d0f6d0f370fdb0aa9ea54c0 100644
--- a/test/test_arraycontext.py
+++ b/test/test_arraycontext.py
@@ -1311,7 +1311,8 @@ def test_container_equality(actx_factory):
     dc2 = MyContainer(name="yoink", mass=ary_dof, momentum=None, enthalpy=None)
     assert dc != dc2
 
-    assert isinstance(bcast_dc_of_dofs == bcast_dc_of_dofs_2, MyContainerDOFBcast)
+    assert isinstance(actx.np.equal(bcast_dc_of_dofs, bcast_dc_of_dofs_2),
+                      MyContainerDOFBcast)
 
 # }}}