diff --git a/core/slice/slice.odin b/core/slice/slice.odin
index a743cfbc7..7139ffdec 100644
--- a/core/slice/slice.odin
+++ b/core/slice/slice.odin
@@ -357,6 +357,17 @@ simple_equal :: proc "contextless" (a, b: $T/[]$E) -> bool where intrinsics.type
 	if len(a) != len(b) {
 		return false
 	}
+	if len(a) == 0 {
+		// Empty slices are always equivalent to each other.
+		//
+		// This check is here in the event that a slice with a `data` of
+		// nil is compared against a slice with a non-nil `data` but a
+		// length of zero.
+		//
+		// In that case, `memory_compare` would return -1 or +1 because one
+		// of the pointers is nil.
+		return true
+	}
 	return runtime.memory_compare(raw_data(a), raw_data(b), len(a)*size_of(E)) == 0
 }