diff --git a/eth2/state_processing/tests/tests.rs b/eth2/state_processing/tests/tests.rs
index 6491e255a..ccad198bb 100644
--- a/eth2/state_processing/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/eth2/state_processing/tests/tests.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ impl ExpectedState {
             ($field_name:ident) => {
                 if self.$field_name.as_ref().map_or(true, |$field_name| {
                     println!("  > Checking {}", stringify!($field_name));
-                    $field_name == &state.$field_name
+                    &state.$field_name == $field_name
                 }) {
                     vec![]
                 } else {
diff --git a/eth2/types/src/tree_hash_vector.rs b/eth2/types/src/tree_hash_vector.rs
index 1cc8e40a5..9b77e13dc 100644
--- a/eth2/types/src/tree_hash_vector.rs
+++ b/eth2/types/src/tree_hash_vector.rs
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ impl<T> DerefMut for TreeHashVector<T> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<T: PartialEq> PartialEq<Vec<T>> for TreeHashVector<T> {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Vec<T>) -> bool {
+        &self.0 == other
+    }
+}
+
 impl<T> tree_hash::TreeHash for TreeHashVector<T>
 where
     T: TreeHash,