diff --git a/racket/src/cs/rumble/equal.ss b/racket/src/cs/rumble/equal.ss
index 5c0b76e44d..3ad135dccf 100644
--- a/racket/src/cs/rumble/equal.ss
+++ b/racket/src/cs/rumble/equal.ss
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
 
 (define/who (equal?/recur a b eql?)
   (check who (procedure-arity-includes/c 2) eql?)
-  (do-equal? a b (lambda (x) #f) eql?))
+  (do-equal? a b 'equal?/recur eql?))
 
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