diff --git a/doc/ext_ffi_semantics.html b/doc/ext_ffi_semantics.html
index 2dbe41e9..304befa7 100644
--- a/doc/ext_ffi_semantics.html
+++ b/doc/ext_ffi_semantics.html
@@ -724,6 +724,11 @@ of them is an <tt>uint64_t</tt>, the other side is converted to an
 both sides are converted to an <tt>int64_t</tt> and a signed
 comparison is performed.</li>
 
+<li><b>Comparisons for equality/inequality</b> never raise an error.
+Even incompatible pointers can be compared for equality by address. Any
+other incompatible comparison (also with non-cdata objects) treats the
+two sides as unequal.</li>
+
 </ul>
 
 <h3 id="cdata_key">cdata objects as table keys</h3>
diff --git a/src/lj_carith.c b/src/lj_carith.c
index 56708bf6..583a3876 100644
--- a/src/lj_carith.c
+++ b/src/lj_carith.c
@@ -205,6 +205,10 @@ static int lj_carith_meta(lua_State *L, CTState *cts, CDArith *ca, MMS mm)
   if (!tv) {
     const char *repr[2];
     int i;
+    if (mm == MM_eq) {  /* Equality checks never raise an error. */
+      setboolV(L->top-1, 0);
+      return 1;
+    }
     for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
       if (ca->ct[i])
 	repr[i] = strdata(lj_ctype_repr(L, ctype_typeid(cts, ca->ct[i]), NULL));
diff --git a/src/lj_crecord.c b/src/lj_crecord.c
index 81ab3540..74d62d6c 100644
--- a/src/lj_crecord.c
+++ b/src/lj_crecord.c
@@ -1073,13 +1073,17 @@ static void crec_arith_meta(jit_State *J, CTState *cts, RecordFFData *rd)
       tv = lj_ctype_meta(cts, argv2cdata(J, J->base[1], &rd->argv[1])->typeid,
 			 (MMS)rd->data);
   }
-  if (tv && tvisfunc(tv)) {
-    J->base[-1] = lj_ir_kfunc(J, funcV(tv)) | TREF_FRAME;
-    rd->nres = -1;  /* Pending tailcall. */
-  } else {
-    /* NYI: non-function metamethods. */
-    lj_trace_err(J, LJ_TRERR_BADTYPE);
+  if (tv) {
+    if (tvisfunc(tv)) {
+      J->base[-1] = lj_ir_kfunc(J, funcV(tv)) | TREF_FRAME;
+      rd->nres = -1;  /* Pending tailcall. */
+      return;
+    }  /* NYI: non-function metamethods. */
+  } else if ((MMS)rd->data == MM_eq) {
+    J->base[0] = TREF_FALSE;
+    return;
   }
+  lj_trace_err(J, LJ_TRERR_BADTYPE);
 }
 
 void LJ_FASTCALL recff_cdata_arith(jit_State *J, RecordFFData *rd)