diff --git a/lib/handlebars/runtime.js b/lib/handlebars/runtime.js
index 55eb1c1b0..858353730 100644
--- a/lib/handlebars/runtime.js
+++ b/lib/handlebars/runtime.js
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ export function template(templateSpec, env) {
     partial = env.VM.resolvePartial.call(this, partial, context, options);
     let result = env.VM.invokePartial.call(this, partial, context, options);
 
-    if (result == null && env.compile) {
+    if (result === null && env.compile) {
       options.partials[options.name] = env.compile(partial, templateSpec.compilerOptions, env);
       result = options.partials[options.name](context, options);
     }
-    if (result != null) {
+    if (result !== null) {
       if (options.indent) {
         let lines = result.split('\n');
         for (let i = 0, l = lines.length; i < l; i++) {
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export function template(templateSpec, env) {
     lookup: function(depths, name) {
       const len = depths.length;
       for (let i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-        if (depths[i] && depths[i][name] != null) {
+        if (depths[i] && depths[i][name] !== null) {
           return depths[i][name];
         }
       }
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ export function template(templateSpec, env) {
         blockParams = templateSpec.useBlockParams ? [] : undefined;
     if (templateSpec.useDepths) {
       if (options.depths) {
-        depths = context != options.depths[0] ? [context].concat(options.depths) : options.depths;
+        depths = context !== options.depths[0] ? [context].concat(options.depths) : options.depths;
       } else {
         depths = [context];
       }
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ export function template(templateSpec, env) {
 export function wrapProgram(container, i, fn, data, declaredBlockParams, blockParams, depths) {
   function prog(context, options = {}) {
     let currentDepths = depths;
-    if (depths && context != depths[0]) {
+    if (depths && context !== depths[0]) {
       currentDepths = [context].concat(depths);
     }