diff --git a/compiler/src/jdk.graal.compiler/src/jdk/graal/compiler/virtual/phases/ea/GraphEffectList.java b/compiler/src/jdk.graal.compiler/src/jdk/graal/compiler/virtual/phases/ea/GraphEffectList.java
index 96569a8ec8c1..a81255945787 100644
--- a/compiler/src/jdk.graal.compiler/src/jdk/graal/compiler/virtual/phases/ea/GraphEffectList.java
+++ b/compiler/src/jdk.graal.compiler/src/jdk/graal/compiler/virtual/phases/ea/GraphEffectList.java
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ public void apply(StructuredGraph graph, ArrayList<Node> obsoleteNodes) {
                      * the pi will be used to improve the stamp information of the read. Such a read
                      * might later be replaced with a read with a less precise stamp.
                      */
-                    if (node.hasUsages() && !node.stamp(NodeView.DEFAULT).equals(replacementNode.stamp(NodeView.DEFAULT))) {
+                    if (node.hasUsages() && (replacementNode.stamp(NodeView.DEFAULT).tryImproveWith(node.stamp(NodeView.DEFAULT)) != null)) {
                         replacementNode = graph.unique(new PiNode(replacementNode, node.stamp(NodeView.DEFAULT)));
                     }
                     node.replaceAtUsages(replacementNode);