diff --git a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OpEQ.java b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OpEQ.java
index 1121cc840a..027d4e41cf 100644
--- a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OpEQ.java
+++ b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OpEQ.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.springframework.expression.spel.support.BooleanTypedValue;
  */
 public class OpEQ extends Operator {
 
+
 	public OpEQ(int pos, SpelNodeImpl... operands) {
 		super("==", pos, operands);
 	}
@@ -38,29 +39,7 @@ public class OpEQ extends Operator {
 			throws EvaluationException {
 		Object left = getLeftOperand().getValueInternal(state).getValue();
 		Object right = getRightOperand().getValueInternal(state).getValue();
-		if (left instanceof Number && right instanceof Number) {
-			Number op1 = (Number) left;
-			Number op2 = (Number) right;
-			if (op1 instanceof Double || op2 instanceof Double) {
-				return BooleanTypedValue.forValue(op1.doubleValue() == op2.doubleValue());
-			}
-			else if (op1 instanceof Float || op2 instanceof Float) {
-				return BooleanTypedValue.forValue(op1.floatValue() == op2.floatValue());
-			}
-			else if (op1 instanceof Long || op2 instanceof Long) {
-				return BooleanTypedValue.forValue(op1.longValue() == op2.longValue());
-			}
-			else {
-				return BooleanTypedValue.forValue(op1.intValue() == op2.intValue());
-			}
-		}
-		if (left != null && (left instanceof Comparable)) {
-			return BooleanTypedValue.forValue(state.getTypeComparator().compare(left,
-					right) == 0);
-		}
-		else {
-			return BooleanTypedValue.forValue(left == right);
-		}
+		return BooleanTypedValue.forValue(equalityCheck(state, left, right));
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OpGT.java b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OpGT.java
index 3d751c976d..769cc8d11a 100644
--- a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OpGT.java
+++ b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OpGT.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.springframework.expression.spel.support.BooleanTypedValue;
  */
 public class OpGT extends Operator {
 
+
 	public OpGT(int pos, SpelNodeImpl... operands) {
 		super(">", pos, operands);
 	}
@@ -43,6 +44,9 @@ public class OpGT extends Operator {
 			if (leftNumber instanceof Double || rightNumber instanceof Double) {
 				return BooleanTypedValue.forValue(leftNumber.doubleValue() > rightNumber.doubleValue());
 			}
+			else if (leftNumber instanceof Float || rightNumber instanceof Float) {
+				return BooleanTypedValue.forValue(leftNumber.floatValue() > rightNumber.floatValue());
+			}
 			else if (leftNumber instanceof Long || rightNumber instanceof Long) {
 				return BooleanTypedValue.forValue(leftNumber.longValue() > rightNumber.longValue());
 			}
diff --git a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OpLT.java b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OpLT.java
index dc8916dda8..1027a0c026 100644
--- a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OpLT.java
+++ b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OpLT.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.springframework.expression.spel.support.BooleanTypedValue;
  */
 public class OpLT extends Operator {
 
+
 	public OpLT(int pos, SpelNodeImpl... operands) {
 		super("<", pos, operands);
 	}
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ public class OpLT extends Operator {
 			throws EvaluationException {
 		Object left = getLeftOperand().getValueInternal(state).getValue();
 		Object right = getRightOperand().getValueInternal(state).getValue();
-		// TODO could leave all of these to the comparator - just seems quicker to do some here
+
 		if (left instanceof Number && right instanceof Number) {
 			Number leftNumber = (Number) left;
 			Number rightNumber = (Number) right;
diff --git a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OpNE.java b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OpNE.java
index fdf65c24d7..70b2ce4b8e 100644
--- a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OpNE.java
+++ b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/OpNE.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.springframework.expression.spel.support.BooleanTypedValue;
  */
 public class OpNE extends Operator {
 
+
 	public OpNE(int pos, SpelNodeImpl... operands) {
 		super("!=", pos, operands);
 	}
@@ -35,35 +36,9 @@ public class OpNE extends Operator {
 
 	@Override
 	public BooleanTypedValue getValueInternal(ExpressionState state) throws EvaluationException {
-
 		Object left = getLeftOperand().getValueInternal(state).getValue();
 		Object right = getRightOperand().getValueInternal(state).getValue();
-
-		if (left instanceof Number && right instanceof Number) {
-			Number op1 = (Number) left;
-			Number op2 = (Number) right;
-
-			if (op1 instanceof Double || op2 instanceof Double) {
-				return BooleanTypedValue.forValue(op1.doubleValue() != op2.doubleValue());
-			}
-
-			if (op1 instanceof Float || op2 instanceof Float) {
-				return BooleanTypedValue.forValue(op1.floatValue() != op2.floatValue());
-			}
-
-			if (op1 instanceof Long || op2 instanceof Long) {
-				return BooleanTypedValue.forValue(op1.longValue() != op2.longValue());
-			}
-
-			return BooleanTypedValue.forValue(op1.intValue() != op2.intValue());
-		}
-
-		if (left != null && (left instanceof Comparable)) {
-			return BooleanTypedValue.forValue(state.getTypeComparator().compare(left,
-					right) != 0);
-		}
-
-		return BooleanTypedValue.forValue(left != right);
+		return BooleanTypedValue.forValue(!equalityCheck(state, left, right));
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/Operator.java b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/Operator.java
index 637ba71185..9f5e00364f 100644
--- a/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/Operator.java
+++ b/spring-expression/src/main/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/ast/Operator.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
 
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.ExpressionState;
+
 /**
  * Common supertype for operators that operate on either one or two operands. In the case
  * of multiply or divide there would be two operands, but for unary plus or minus, there
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ package org.springframework.expression.spel.ast;
  */
 public abstract class Operator extends SpelNodeImpl {
 
-	String operatorName;
+	private final String operatorName;
 
 
 	public Operator(String payload,int pos,SpelNodeImpl... operands) {
@@ -63,4 +65,31 @@ public abstract class Operator extends SpelNodeImpl {
 		return sb.toString();
 	}
 
+	protected boolean equalityCheck(ExpressionState state, Object left, Object right) {
+		if (left instanceof Number && right instanceof Number) {
+			Number op1 = (Number) left;
+			Number op2 = (Number) right;
+
+			if (op1 instanceof Double || op2 instanceof Double) {
+				return (op1.doubleValue() == op2.doubleValue());
+			}
+
+			if (op1 instanceof Float || op2 instanceof Float) {
+				return (op1.floatValue() == op2.floatValue());
+			}
+
+			if (op1 instanceof Long || op2 instanceof Long) {
+				return (op1.longValue() == op2.longValue());
+			}
+
+			return (op1.intValue() == op2.intValue());
+		}
+
+		if (left != null && (left instanceof Comparable)) {
+			return (state.getTypeComparator().compare(left, right) == 0);
+		}
+
+		return (left == null ? right == null : left.equals(right));
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/SpelReproTests.java b/spring-expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/SpelReproTests.java
index a68dfda68d..cc6a36af06 100644
--- a/spring-expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/SpelReproTests.java
+++ b/spring-expression/src/test/java/org/springframework/expression/spel/SpelReproTests.java
@@ -1839,6 +1839,19 @@ public class SpelReproTests extends ExpressionTestCase {
 				equalTo((Object) "name"));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testOperatorEq_SPR9194() {
+		TestClass2 one = new TestClass2("abc");
+		TestClass2 two = new TestClass2("abc");
+		Map<String,TestClass2> map = new HashMap<String,TestClass2>();
+		map.put("one",one);
+		map.put("two",two);
+
+		SpelExpressionParser parser = new SpelExpressionParser();
+		Expression classNameExpression = parser.parseExpression("['one'] == ['two']");
+		assertTrue(classNameExpression.getValue(map,Boolean.class));
+	}
+
 
 	private static enum ABC {A, B, C}
 
@@ -1922,4 +1935,20 @@ public class SpelReproTests extends ExpressionTestCase {
 		}
 
 	}
+
+	static class TestClass2 { // SPR-9194
+		String string;
+
+		public TestClass2(String string) {
+			this.string = string;
+		}
+
+		public boolean equals(Object o) {
+			if (o instanceof TestClass2) {
+				return string.equals(((TestClass2)o).string);
+			}
+			return false;
+		}
+
+	}
 }