diff --git a/src/main/java/org/javawebstack/abstractdata/AbstractArray.java b/src/main/java/org/javawebstack/abstractdata/AbstractArray.java
index 20a613b..2d97ea4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/javawebstack/abstractdata/AbstractArray.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/javawebstack/abstractdata/AbstractArray.java
@@ -352,6 +352,8 @@ public boolean equals(Object obj, boolean strict) {
             AbstractArray arr = ((AbstractElement) obj).array(strict);
             if (size() != arr.size())
                 return false;
+            if (size() == 0 || arr.size() == 0)
+                return false;
 
             for (int i = 0; i < size(); i++) {
                 if (!(get(i).equals(arr.get(i), strict)))