diff --git a/packages/minimongo/minimongo_server_tests.js b/packages/minimongo/minimongo_server_tests.js
index 89bd9bfbf3..38cc1476da 100644
--- a/packages/minimongo/minimongo_server_tests.js
+++ b/packages/minimongo/minimongo_server_tests.js
@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ Tinytest.add("minimongo - sorter and projection combination", function (test) {
     // floating point math, the current implementation falls back to T
     T({ a: { $gt: 9.999999999999999, $lt: 10 }, x: 1 }, { $set: { x: 1 } }, "very close $gt and $lt");
     T({ a: { $eq: 5 } }, { $set: { a: 5 } }, "set of $eq");
+    T({ a: { $eq: 5 }, b: { $eq: 7 } }, { $set: { a: 5 } }, "set of $eq with other $eq");
     F({ a: { $eq: 5 } }, { $set: { a: 4 } }, "set below of $eq");
     F({ a: { $eq: 5 } }, { $set: { a: 6 } }, "set above of $eq");
     T({ a: { $ne: 5 } }, { $unset: { a: 1 } }, "unset of $ne");
@@ -568,4 +569,3 @@ Tinytest.add("minimongo - sorter and projection combination", function (test) {
     T({ a: { $ne: { a: 2 } } }, { $set: { a: { a: 2 } } }, "$ne object");
   });
 })();
-
diff --git a/packages/minimongo/selector_modifier.js b/packages/minimongo/selector_modifier.js
index 6b097c6632..54b37df68b 100644
--- a/packages/minimongo/selector_modifier.js
+++ b/packages/minimongo/selector_modifier.js
@@ -142,8 +142,7 @@ Minimongo.Matcher.prototype.matchingDocument = function () {
         // chance we can use one of those as "matching"
         // dummy value
         if (valueSelector.$eq) {
-          var matcher = new Minimongo.Matcher({ placeholder: valueSelector });
-          return matcher.documentMatches({ placeholder: valueSelector.$eq });
+          return valueSelector.$eq;
         } else if (valueSelector.$in) {
           var matcher = new Minimongo.Matcher({ placeholder: valueSelector });
 
@@ -220,4 +219,3 @@ var startsWith = function(str, starts) {
   return str.length >= starts.length &&
     str.substring(0, starts.length) === starts;
 };
-