diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/collectionOperations.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/collectionOperations.scala
index 8b278f067749..fcac3a58e6a9 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/collectionOperations.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/collectionOperations.scala
@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ case class ArrayContains(left: Expression, right: Expression)
     if (right.dataType == NullType) {
       TypeCheckResult.TypeCheckFailure("Null typed values cannot be used as arguments")
     } else if (!left.dataType.isInstanceOf[ArrayType]
-      || left.dataType.asInstanceOf[ArrayType].elementType != right.dataType) {
+      || !left.dataType.asInstanceOf[ArrayType].elementType.sameType(right.dataType)) {
       TypeCheckResult.TypeCheckFailure(
         "Arguments must be an array followed by a value of same type as the array members")
     } else {
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/CollectionExpressionsSuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/CollectionExpressionsSuite.scala
index d7744eb4c7dc..496ee1d496a3 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/CollectionExpressionsSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/CollectionExpressionsSuite.scala
@@ -213,6 +213,8 @@ class CollectionExpressionsSuite extends SparkFunSuite with ExpressionEvalHelper
     val a1 = Literal.create(Seq[String](null, ""), ArrayType(StringType))
     val a2 = Literal.create(Seq(null), ArrayType(LongType))
     val a3 = Literal.create(null, ArrayType(StringType))
+    val a4 = Literal.create(Seq(create_row(1)), ArrayType(StructType(Seq(
+      StructField("a", IntegerType, true)))))
 
     checkEvaluation(ArrayContains(a0, Literal(1)), true)
     checkEvaluation(ArrayContains(a0, Literal(0)), false)
@@ -228,6 +230,11 @@ class CollectionExpressionsSuite extends SparkFunSuite with ExpressionEvalHelper
     checkEvaluation(ArrayContains(a3, Literal("")), null)
     checkEvaluation(ArrayContains(a3, Literal.create(null, StringType)), null)
 
+    checkEvaluation(ArrayContains(a4, Literal.create(create_row(1), StructType(Seq(
+      StructField("a", IntegerType, false))))), true)
+    checkEvaluation(ArrayContains(a4, Literal.create(create_row(0), StructType(Seq(
+      StructField("a", IntegerType, false))))), false)
+
     // binary
     val b0 = Literal.create(Seq[Array[Byte]](Array[Byte](5, 6), Array[Byte](1, 2)),
       ArrayType(BinaryType))