diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/ECKey.java b/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/ECKey.java
index fbf3c5253..a796d0ccb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/ECKey.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/bitcoinj/core/ECKey.java
@@ -1219,10 +1219,7 @@ public class ECKey implements EncryptableItem {
 
     @Override
     public int hashCode() {
-        // Public keys are random already so we can just use a part of them as the hashcode. Read from the start to
-        // avoid picking up the type code (compressed vs uncompressed) which is tacked on the end.
-        byte[] bits = getPubKey();
-        return Ints.fromBytes(bits[0], bits[1], bits[2], bits[3]);
+        return pub.hashCode();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/bitcoinj/core/ECKeyTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/bitcoinj/core/ECKeyTest.java
index 0df376ae0..2246c15b4 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/bitcoinj/core/ECKeyTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/bitcoinj/core/ECKeyTest.java
@@ -454,4 +454,14 @@ public class ECKeyTest {
         for (byte b : bytes) if (b != 0) return true;
         return false;
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testPublicKeysAreEqual() {
+        ECKey key = new ECKey();
+        ECKey pubKey1 = ECKey.fromPublicOnly(key.getPubKeyPoint());
+        assertTrue(pubKey1.isCompressed());
+        ECKey pubKey2 = pubKey1.decompress();
+        assertEquals(pubKey1, pubKey2);
+        assertEquals(pubKey1.hashCode(), pubKey2.hashCode());
+    }
 }