diff --git a/src/librustc/ty/context.rs b/src/librustc/ty/context.rs
index c0ba4329ae05c..d26d6f20041e2 100644
--- a/src/librustc/ty/context.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/ty/context.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
 use std::fmt;
 use std::mem;
 use std::ops::{Deref, Bound};
+use std::ptr;
 use std::iter;
 use std::sync::mpsc;
 use std::sync::Arc;
@@ -168,7 +169,7 @@ impl<'gcx: 'tcx, 'tcx> CtxtInterners<'tcx> {
 
                 // Make sure we don't end up with inference
                 // types/regions in the global interner
-                if local as *const _ as usize == global as *const _ as usize {
+                if ptr::eq(local, global) {
                     bug!("Attempted to intern `{:?}` which contains \
                         inference types/regions in the global type context",
                         &ty_struct);
@@ -1125,9 +1126,7 @@ impl<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> TyCtxt<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> {
 
     /// Returns true if self is the same as self.global_tcx().
     fn is_global(self) -> bool {
-        let local = self.interners as *const _;
-        let global = &self.global_interners as *const _;
-        local as usize == global as usize
+        ptr::eq(self.interners, &self.global_interners)
     }
 
     /// Create a type context and call the closure with a `TyCtxt` reference
@@ -1777,6 +1776,7 @@ pub mod tls {
     use std::fmt;
     use std::mem;
     use std::marker::PhantomData;
+    use std::ptr;
     use syntax_pos;
     use ty::query;
     use errors::{Diagnostic, TRACK_DIAGNOSTICS};
@@ -2011,8 +2011,7 @@ pub mod tls {
     {
         with_context(|context| {
             unsafe {
-                let gcx = tcx.gcx as *const _ as usize;
-                assert!(context.tcx.gcx as *const _ as usize == gcx);
+                assert!(ptr::eq(context.tcx.gcx, tcx.gcx));
                 let context: &ImplicitCtxt<'_, '_, '_> = mem::transmute(context);
                 f(context)
             }
@@ -2030,10 +2029,8 @@ pub mod tls {
     {
         with_context(|context| {
             unsafe {
-                let gcx = tcx.gcx as *const _ as usize;
-                let interners = tcx.interners as *const _ as usize;
-                assert!(context.tcx.gcx as *const _ as usize == gcx);
-                assert!(context.tcx.interners as *const _ as usize == interners);
+                assert!(ptr::eq(context.tcx.gcx, tcx.gcx));
+                assert!(ptr::eq(context.tcx.interners, tcx.interners));
                 let context: &ImplicitCtxt<'_, '_, '_> = mem::transmute(context);
                 f(context)
             }
diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/debuginfo/metadata.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/debuginfo/metadata.rs
index 72ed55df94658..6deedd0b5ea33 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/debuginfo/metadata.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/debuginfo/metadata.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ use syntax_pos::{self, Span, FileName};
 
 impl PartialEq for llvm::Metadata {
     fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
-        self as *const _ == other as *const _
+        ptr::eq(self, other)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/type_.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/type_.rs
index 1462423d0da2a..958e00506d62a 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/type_.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/type_.rs
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@ use abi::{LlvmType, FnTypeExt};
 
 use std::fmt;
 use std::cell::RefCell;
+use std::ptr;
 
 use libc::c_uint;
 
 impl PartialEq for Type {
     fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
-        self as *const _ == other as *const _
+        ptr::eq(self, other)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/value.rs b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/value.rs
index 0ec964d4c422f..3ad1521be9393 100644
--- a/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/value.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_codegen_llvm/value.rs
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ use llvm;
 
 use std::fmt;
 use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
+use std::ptr;
 
 impl PartialEq for Value {
     fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
-        self as *const _ == other as *const _
+        ptr::eq(self, other)
     }
 }