diff --git a/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/node/expression/builtin/meta/EqualsNode.java b/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/node/expression/builtin/meta/EqualsNode.java
index 0ec144e819a78..d7dbfee6df941 100644
--- a/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/node/expression/builtin/meta/EqualsNode.java
+++ b/engine/runtime/src/main/java/org/enso/interpreter/node/expression/builtin/meta/EqualsNode.java
@@ -236,9 +236,8 @@ boolean equalsAtomConstructors(AtomConstructor self, AtomConstructor other) {
   }
 
   @Specialization
-  boolean equalsAtoms(Atom self, Atom other, @Cached EqualsAtomNode compare) {
-    return compare.execute(self, other);
-  }
+  boolean equalsAtoms(Atom self, Atom other, @Cached EqualsAtomNode equalsNode) {
+    return equalsNode.execute(self, other);
 
   @Specialization(guards = "isComplex(self, other, strings, warnings)")
   boolean equalsComplex(