diff --git a/ClosedXML/Excel/RichText/XLFormattedText.cs b/ClosedXML/Excel/RichText/XLFormattedText.cs
index 37484780d..27256291a 100644
--- a/ClosedXML/Excel/RichText/XLFormattedText.cs
+++ b/ClosedXML/Excel/RichText/XLFormattedText.cs
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ public bool Equals(IXLFormattedText<T> other)
 
             for (Int32 i = 0; i < count; i++)
             {
-                if (_richTexts.ElementAt(i) != other.ElementAt(i))
+                if (_richTexts.ElementAt(i).Equals(other.ElementAt(i)))
                     return false;
             }