diff --git a/engine/memobj.c b/engine/memobj.c
index c5f3880..4030fd7 100644
--- a/engine/memobj.c
+++ b/engine/memobj.c
@@ -1077,11 +1077,16 @@ PH7_PRIVATE sxi32 PH7_MemObjCmp(ph7_value *pObj1, ph7_value *pObj2, int bStrict,
 	iComb = pObj1->nType | pObj2->nType;
 	if(iComb & (MEMOBJ_NULL | MEMOBJ_RES | MEMOBJ_BOOL)) {
 		/* Explicitly handle NULL/VOID comparisons with numeric types */
-		if ((pObj1->nType & (MEMOBJ_NULL | MEMOBJ_VOID)) || (pObj2->nType & (MEMOBJ_NULL | MEMOBJ_VOID))) {
-			/* Convert both operands to their numeric representation
-			 * NULL/VOID will be converted to 0 by PH7_MemObjToNumeric */
+		if(pObj1->nType & (MEMOBJ_NULL | MEMOBJ_VOID))
+		{
+			/* Convert NULL/VOID to numeric */
 			PH7_MemObjToNumeric(pObj1);
+		}
+		if(pObj2->nType & (MEMOBJ_NULL | MEMOBJ_VOID)) {
+			/* Convert NULL/VOID to numeric */
 			PH7_MemObjToNumeric(pObj2);
+		}
+		if(PH7_MemObjIsNumeric(pObj1) && PH7_MemObjIsNumeric(pObj2)) {
 			/* Jump to the numeric comparison section */
 			goto Numeric;
 		}