diff --git a/packages/pinia/src/store.ts b/packages/pinia/src/store.ts
index 7ec0e17aeb..02d1ab5156 100644
--- a/packages/pinia/src/store.ts
+++ b/packages/pinia/src/store.ts
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ function createSetupStore<
       if (isListening) {
         debuggerEvents = event
         // avoid triggering this while the store is being built and the state is being set in pinia
-      } else if (isListening == false && !store._hotUpdating) {
+      } else if (isListening === false && !store._hotUpdating) {
         // let patch send all the events together later
         /* istanbul ignore else */
         if (Array.isArray(debuggerEvents)) {