diff --git a/include/llvm/ADT/ArrayRef.h b/include/llvm/ADT/ArrayRef.h
index 7f5fa3271ac..e973054daef 100644
--- a/include/llvm/ADT/ArrayRef.h
+++ b/include/llvm/ADT/ArrayRef.h
@@ -135,15 +135,9 @@ namespace llvm {
 
     /// equals - Check for element-wise equality.
     bool equals(ArrayRef RHS) const {
-      if (Length != RHS.Length)
+      if (Length != RHS.Length || Length == 0)
         return false;
-      // Don't use std::equal(), since it asserts in MSVC on nullptr iterators.
-      for (auto L = begin(), LE = end(), R = RHS.begin(); L != LE; ++L, ++R)
-        // Match std::equal() in using == (instead of !=) to minimize API
-        // requirements of ArrayRef'ed types.
-        if (!(*L == *R))
-          return false;
-      return true;
+      return std::equal(begin(), end(), RHS.begin());
     }
 
     /// slice(n) - Chop off the first N elements of the array.