diff --git a/v2/bench_test.go b/v2/bench_test.go
index e197c21..c098987 100644
--- a/v2/bench_test.go
+++ b/v2/bench_test.go
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ func BenchmarkCreatePatch(b *testing.B) {
 		},
 		{
 			"large array",
-			largeArray(1000),
-			largeArray(1000),
+			largeArray(1000, "a"),
+			largeArray(1000, "b"),
 		},
 		{
 			"simple",
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ func BenchmarkCreatePatch(b *testing.B) {
 	}
 }
 
-func largeArray(size int) string {
+func largeArray(size int, val string) string {
 	type nested struct {
 		A, B string
 	}
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func largeArray(size int) string {
 	}
 	a := example{}
 	for i := 0; i < size; i++ {
-		a.Objects = append(a.Objects, nested{A: "a", B: "b"})
+		a.Objects = append(a.Objects, nested{A: "a", B: val})
 	}
 	res, _ := json.Marshal(a)
 	return string(res)
diff --git a/v2/jsonpatch.go b/v2/jsonpatch.go
index a411d54..0d7823b 100644
--- a/v2/jsonpatch.go
+++ b/v2/jsonpatch.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package jsonpatch
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
@@ -64,6 +65,9 @@ func NewOperation(op, path string, value interface{}) Operation {
 //
 // An error will be returned if any of the two documents are invalid.
 func CreatePatch(a, b []byte) ([]Operation, error) {
+	if bytes.Equal(a, b) {
+		return []Operation{}, nil
+	}
 	var aI interface{}
 	var bI interface{}
 	err := json.Unmarshal(a, &aI)