diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/typecheck.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/typecheck.go
index 632adc7f93..5693d5ffd4 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/typecheck.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/typecheck/typecheck.go
@@ -1818,7 +1818,7 @@ func isTermNode(n ir.Node) bool {
 }
 
 func Conv(n ir.Node, t *types.Type) ir.Node {
-	if types.Identical(n.Type(), t) {
+	if types.IdenticalStrict(n.Type(), t) {
 		return n
 	}
 	n = ir.NewConvExpr(base.Pos, ir.OCONV, nil, n)
@@ -1830,7 +1830,7 @@ func Conv(n ir.Node, t *types.Type) ir.Node {
 // ConvNop converts node n to type t using the OCONVNOP op
 // and typechecks the result with ctxExpr.
 func ConvNop(n ir.Node, t *types.Type) ir.Node {
-	if types.Identical(n.Type(), t) {
+	if types.IdenticalStrict(n.Type(), t) {
 		return n
 	}
 	n = ir.NewConvExpr(base.Pos, ir.OCONVNOP, nil, n)
diff --git a/test/typeparam/issue54537.go b/test/typeparam/issue54537.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..614ed4648d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/typeparam/issue54537.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// run
+
+// Copyright 2022 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package main
+
+func main() {
+	_ = F[bool]
+
+	var x string
+	_ = G(x == "foo")
+}
+
+func F[T ~bool](x string) {
+	var _ T = x == "foo"
+}
+
+func G[T any](t T) *T {
+	return &t
+}