diff --git a/src/encoding/json/decode.go b/src/encoding/json/decode.go
index 1a05ef59a2c..98102291ab8 100644
--- a/src/encoding/json/decode.go
+++ b/src/encoding/json/decode.go
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ func indirect(v reflect.Value, decodingNull bool) (Unmarshaler, encoding.TextUnm
 		// Prevent infinite loop if v is an interface pointing to its own address:
 		//     var v any
 		//     v = &v
-		if v.Elem().Kind() == reflect.Interface && v.Elem().Elem() == v {
+		if v.Elem().Kind() == reflect.Interface && v.Elem().Elem().Equal(v) {
 			v = v.Elem()
 			break
 		}
diff --git a/src/text/template/exec.go b/src/text/template/exec.go
index 872d8aaa0cc..57f076e35f1 100644
--- a/src/text/template/exec.go
+++ b/src/text/template/exec.go
@@ -810,7 +810,7 @@ func (s *state) evalCall(dot, fun reflect.Value, isBuiltin bool, node parse.Node
 				return v
 			}
 		}
-		if final != missingVal {
+		if !final.Equal(missingVal) {
 			// The last argument to and/or is coming from
 			// the pipeline. We didn't short circuit on an earlier
 			// argument, so we are going to return this one.