diff --git a/src/relay/pass/alpha_eq.cc b/src/relay/pass/alpha_eq.cc
index 0ed0e3df3056..e5626d338f6c 100644
--- a/src/relay/pass/alpha_eq.cc
+++ b/src/relay/pass/alpha_eq.cc
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ struct TypeAlphaEq : TypeVisitor<const Type&> {
 
   void VisitType_(const IncompleteTypeNode* bt1, const Type& t2) final {
     if (const IncompleteTypeNode* bt2 = t2.as<IncompleteTypeNode>()) {
-      equal = equal && bt1 == bt2;
+      equal = equal && bt1->kind == bt2->kind;
       return;
     } else {
       equal = false;
diff --git a/tests/python/relay/test_pass_alpha_equal.py b/tests/python/relay/test_pass_alpha_equal.py
index dd722399dac4..f64afb51d834 100644
--- a/tests/python/relay/test_pass_alpha_equal.py
+++ b/tests/python/relay/test_pass_alpha_equal.py
@@ -20,11 +20,8 @@ def test_incomplete_type_alpha_equal():
     t2 = relay.IncompleteType(relay.Kind.Type)
     t3 = relay.IncompleteType(relay.Kind.Type)
 
-    # only equal when there is pointer equality
-    assert t2 == t2
-    assert t1 == t1
     assert t1 != t2
-    assert t2 != t3
+    assert t2 == t3
 
 
 def test_type_param_alpha_equal():