diff --git a/projects/Mockito/22/org/mockito/internal/matchers/Equality.java b/projects/Mockito/22/org/mockito/internal/matchers/Equality.java
index 43e11fc..0791441 100644
--- a/projects/Mockito/22/org/mockito/internal/matchers/Equality.java
+++ b/projects/Mockito/22/org/mockito/internal/matchers/Equality.java
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
 public class Equality {
 
     public static boolean areEqual(Object o1, Object o2) {
-        if (o1 == null || o2 == null) {
+        if (o1 == o2 ) {
+            return true;
+	} else if (o1 == null || o2 == null) {
             return o1 == null && o2 == null;
         } else if (isArray(o1)) {
             return isArray(o2) && areArraysEqual(o1, o2);