diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/base.py b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/base.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/base.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/vcs/backends/base.py
@@ -628,7 +628,8 @@ class BaseCommit(object):
         return u'%s:%s' % (self.idx, self.short_id)
 
     def __eq__(self, other):
-        return self.raw_id == other.raw_id
+        same_instance = isinstance(other, self.__class__)
+        return same_instance and self.raw_id == other.raw_id
 
     def __json__(self):
         parents = []
diff --git a/rhodecode/tests/vcs/test_commits.py b/rhodecode/tests/vcs/test_commits.py
--- a/rhodecode/tests/vcs/test_commits.py
+++ b/rhodecode/tests/vcs/test_commits.py
@@ -465,6 +465,19 @@ class TestCommits(BackendTestMixin):
         with pytest.raises(TypeError):
             self.repo.get_commits(start_id=1, end_id=2)
 
+    def test_commit_equality(self):
+        commit1 = self.repo.get_commit(self.repo.commit_ids[0])
+        commit2 = self.repo.get_commit(self.repo.commit_ids[1])
+
+        assert commit1 == commit1
+        assert commit2 == commit2
+        assert commit1 != commit2
+        assert commit2 != commit1
+        assert commit1 != None
+        assert None != commit1
+        assert 1 != commit1
+        assert 'string' != commit1
+
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("filename, expected", [
     ("README.rst", False),