diff --git a/source/blender/nodes/intern/geometry_nodes_lazy_function.cc b/source/blender/nodes/intern/geometry_nodes_lazy_function.cc
index 4532d1e2760..494ead61119 100644
--- a/source/blender/nodes/intern/geometry_nodes_lazy_function.cc
+++ b/source/blender/nodes/intern/geometry_nodes_lazy_function.cc
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ bool implicitly_convert_socket_value(const bke::bNodeSocketType &from_type,
                                      void *r_to_value)
 {
   BLI_assert(from_value != r_to_value);
-  if (&from_type == &to_type) {
+  if (from_type.type == to_type.type) {
     from_type.geometry_nodes_cpp_type->copy_construct(from_value, r_to_value);
     return true;
   }
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ const LazyFunction *build_implicit_conversion_lazy_function(const bke::bNodeSock
   if (!from_type.geometry_nodes_cpp_type || !to_type.geometry_nodes_cpp_type) {
     return nullptr;
   }
-  if (&from_type == &to_type) {
+  if (from_type.type == to_type.type) {
     return &scope.construct<LazyFunctionForRerouteNode>(*from_type.geometry_nodes_cpp_type);
   }
   const bke::DataTypeConversions &conversions = bke::get_implicit_type_conversions();
diff --git a/tests/files/modeling/geometry_nodes/utilities/muted_groups_different_input_subtype.blend b/tests/files/modeling/geometry_nodes/utilities/muted_groups_different_input_subtype.blend
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..01c0594e91a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/files/modeling/geometry_nodes/utilities/muted_groups_different_input_subtype.blend
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:4e03f9c7ccbe5f506bef459acf7e5f499a9a70e8ec23a38eeef497451f9f08d0
+size 497152