1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/spec/mspec/lib/mspec/expectations/should.rb b/spec/mspec/lib/mspec/expectations/should.rb
index f6d83053f5..231ad15c21 100644
--- a/spec/mspec/lib/mspec/expectations/should.rb
+++ b/spec/mspec/lib/mspec/expectations/should.rb
@@ -4,26 +4,26 @@ class Object
   def should(matcher = NO_MATCHER_GIVEN)
     MSpec.expectation
     MSpec.actions :expectation, MSpec.current.state
-    unless matcher.equal? NO_MATCHER_GIVEN
+    if NO_MATCHER_GIVEN.equal?(matcher)
+      SpecPositiveOperatorMatcher.new(self)
+    else
       unless matcher.matches? self
         expected, actual = matcher.failure_message
         SpecExpectation.fail_with(expected, actual)
       end
-    else
-      SpecPositiveOperatorMatcher.new(self)
     end
   end
 
   def should_not(matcher = NO_MATCHER_GIVEN)
     MSpec.expectation
     MSpec.actions :expectation, MSpec.current.state
-    unless matcher.equal? NO_MATCHER_GIVEN
+    if NO_MATCHER_GIVEN.equal?(matcher)
+      SpecNegativeOperatorMatcher.new(self)
+    else
       if matcher.matches? self
         expected, actual = matcher.negative_failure_message
         SpecExpectation.fail_with(expected, actual)
       end
-    else
-      SpecNegativeOperatorMatcher.new(self)
     end
   end
 end