diff --git a/cogl/cogl/cogl-matrix.c b/cogl/cogl/cogl-matrix.c
index 55f3bb2a0..b000a8b00 100644
--- a/cogl/cogl/cogl-matrix.c
+++ b/cogl/cogl/cogl-matrix.c
@@ -1918,44 +1918,15 @@ cogl_matrix_equal (const void *v1, const void *v2)
 {
   const CoglMatrix *a = v1;
   const CoglMatrix *b = v2;
+  graphene_matrix_t ga, gb;
 
   _COGL_RETURN_VAL_IF_FAIL (v1 != NULL, FALSE);
   _COGL_RETURN_VAL_IF_FAIL (v2 != NULL, FALSE);
 
-  /* We want to avoid having a fuzzy _equal() function (e.g. that uses
-   * an arbitrary epsilon value) since this function noteably conforms
-   * to the prototype suitable for use with g_hash_table_new() and a
-   * fuzzy hash function isn't really appropriate for comparing hash
-   * table keys since it's possible that you could end up fetching
-   * different values if you end up with multiple similar keys in use
-   * at the same time. If you consider that fuzzyness allows cases
-   * such as A == B == C but A != C then you could also end up loosing
-   * values in a hash table.
-   *
-   * We do at least use the == operator to compare values though so
-   * that -0 is considered equal to 0.
-   */
+  cogl_matrix_to_graphene_matrix (a, &ga);
+  cogl_matrix_to_graphene_matrix (b, &gb);
 
-  /* XXX: We don't compare the flags, inverse matrix or padding */
-  if (a->xx == b->xx &&
-      a->xy == b->xy &&
-      a->xz == b->xz &&
-      a->xw == b->xw &&
-      a->yx == b->yx &&
-      a->yy == b->yy &&
-      a->yz == b->yz &&
-      a->yw == b->yw &&
-      a->zx == b->zx &&
-      a->zy == b->zy &&
-      a->zz == b->zz &&
-      a->zw == b->zw &&
-      a->wx == b->wx &&
-      a->wy == b->wy &&
-      a->wz == b->wz &&
-      a->ww == b->ww)
-    return TRUE;
-  else
-    return FALSE;
+  return cogl_graphene_matrix_equal (&ga, &gb);
 }
 
 CoglMatrix *