diff --git a/bvm/ballerina-runtime/src/main/java/io/ballerina/runtime/internal/TypeChecker.java b/bvm/ballerina-runtime/src/main/java/io/ballerina/runtime/internal/TypeChecker.java
index c31b310ee73a..0def49c6d2d1 100644
--- a/bvm/ballerina-runtime/src/main/java/io/ballerina/runtime/internal/TypeChecker.java
+++ b/bvm/ballerina-runtime/src/main/java/io/ballerina/runtime/internal/TypeChecker.java
@@ -480,18 +480,21 @@ public static boolean isReferenceEqual(Object lhsValue, Object rhsValue) {
     }
 
     private static boolean isXMLValueRefEqual(XmlValue lhsValue, XmlValue rhsValue) {
-        if (lhsValue.getNodeType() == XmlNodeType.SEQUENCE && lhsValue.isSingleton()) {
+        boolean isLhsXmlSequence = lhsValue.getNodeType() == XmlNodeType.SEQUENCE;
+        boolean isRhsXmlSequence = rhsValue.getNodeType() == XmlNodeType.SEQUENCE;
+
+        if (isLhsXmlSequence && isRhsXmlSequence) {
+            return isXMLSequenceRefEqual((XmlSequence) lhsValue, (XmlSequence) rhsValue);
+        }
+        if (isLhsXmlSequence && lhsValue.isSingleton()) {
             return ((XmlSequence) lhsValue).getChildrenList().get(0) == rhsValue;
         }
-        if (rhsValue.getNodeType() == XmlNodeType.SEQUENCE && rhsValue.isSingleton()) {
+        if (isRhsXmlSequence && rhsValue.isSingleton()) {
             return ((XmlSequence) rhsValue).getChildrenList().get(0) == lhsValue;
         }
         if (lhsValue.getNodeType() != rhsValue.getNodeType()) {
             return false;
         }
-        if (lhsValue.getNodeType() == XmlNodeType.SEQUENCE && rhsValue.getNodeType() == XmlNodeType.SEQUENCE) {
-            return isXMLSequenceRefEqual((XmlSequence) lhsValue, (XmlSequence) rhsValue);
-        }
         if (lhsValue.getNodeType() == XmlNodeType.TEXT && rhsValue.getNodeType() == XmlNodeType.TEXT) {
             return isEqual(lhsValue, rhsValue);
         }
diff --git a/tests/jballerina-unit-test/src/test/resources/test-src/expressions/binaryoperations/ref_equal_and_not_equal_operation.bal b/tests/jballerina-unit-test/src/test/resources/test-src/expressions/binaryoperations/ref_equal_and_not_equal_operation.bal
index b598108f53b4..6e63ea100f3a 100644
--- a/tests/jballerina-unit-test/src/test/resources/test-src/expressions/binaryoperations/ref_equal_and_not_equal_operation.bal
+++ b/tests/jballerina-unit-test/src/test/resources/test-src/expressions/binaryoperations/ref_equal_and_not_equal_operation.bal
@@ -465,8 +465,11 @@ function testXMLSequenceRefEquality() {
     xml x1 = xml `<b>b</b>`;
     xml x2 = x + x1;
     xml x3 = x + x1;
+    xml x4 = xml:concat(x);
+    xml x5 = xml:concat(x);
 
     test:assertTrue(x2 === x3);
+    test:assertTrue(x4 === x5);
 
     xml a1 = xml `<e1/>`;
     xml a2 = xml `<e2/>`;