diff --git a/clippy_utils/src/hir_utils.rs b/clippy_utils/src/hir_utils.rs
index 3eb01bf75a67..46b615c04f39 100644
--- a/clippy_utils/src/hir_utils.rs
+++ b/clippy_utils/src/hir_utils.rs
@@ -66,9 +66,7 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> SpanlessEq<'a, 'tcx> {
     }
 
     pub fn eq_block(&mut self, left: &Block<'_>, right: &Block<'_>) -> bool {
-        !self.cannot_be_compared_block(left)
-            && !self.cannot_be_compared_block(right)
-            && self.inter_expr().eq_block(left, right)
+        self.inter_expr().eq_block(left, right)
     }
 
     pub fn eq_expr(&mut self, left: &Expr<'_>, right: &Expr<'_>) -> bool {
@@ -86,38 +84,6 @@ impl<'a, 'tcx> SpanlessEq<'a, 'tcx> {
     pub fn eq_path_segments(&mut self, left: &[PathSegment<'_>], right: &[PathSegment<'_>]) -> bool {
         self.inter_expr().eq_path_segments(left, right)
     }
-
-    fn cannot_be_compared_block(&mut self, block: &Block<'_>) -> bool {
-        if block.stmts.last().map_or(false, |stmt| {
-            matches!(
-                stmt.kind,
-                StmtKind::Semi(semi_expr) if self.should_ignore(semi_expr)
-            )
-        }) {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        if let Some(block_expr) = block.expr
-            && self.should_ignore(block_expr)
-        {
-            return true
-        }
-
-        false
-    }
-
-    fn should_ignore(&mut self, expr: &Expr<'_>) -> bool {
-        if macro_backtrace(expr.span).last().map_or(false, |macro_call| {
-            matches!(
-                &self.cx.tcx.get_diagnostic_name(macro_call.def_id),
-                Some(sym::todo_macro | sym::unimplemented_macro)
-            )
-        }) {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        false
-    }
 }
 
 pub struct HirEqInterExpr<'a, 'b, 'tcx> {
@@ -156,6 +122,9 @@ impl HirEqInterExpr<'_, '_, '_> {
 
     /// Checks whether two blocks are the same.
     fn eq_block(&mut self, left: &Block<'_>, right: &Block<'_>) -> bool {
+        if self.cannot_be_compared_block(left) || self.cannot_be_compared_block(right) {
+            return false;
+        }
         match (left.stmts, left.expr, right.stmts, right.expr) {
             ([], None, [], None) => {
                 // For empty blocks, check to see if the tokens are equal. This will catch the case where a macro
@@ -206,6 +175,38 @@ impl HirEqInterExpr<'_, '_, '_> {
         }
     }
 
+    fn cannot_be_compared_block(&mut self, block: &Block<'_>) -> bool {
+        if block.stmts.last().map_or(false, |stmt| {
+            matches!(
+                stmt.kind,
+                StmtKind::Semi(semi_expr) if self.should_ignore(semi_expr)
+            )
+        }) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        if let Some(block_expr) = block.expr
+            && self.should_ignore(block_expr)
+        {
+            return true
+        }
+
+        false
+    }
+
+    fn should_ignore(&mut self, expr: &Expr<'_>) -> bool {
+        if macro_backtrace(expr.span).last().map_or(false, |macro_call| {
+            matches!(
+                &self.inner.cx.tcx.get_diagnostic_name(macro_call.def_id),
+                Some(sym::todo_macro | sym::unimplemented_macro)
+            )
+        }) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        false
+    }
+
     pub fn eq_array_length(&mut self, left: ArrayLen, right: ArrayLen) -> bool {
         match (left, right) {
             (ArrayLen::Infer(..), ArrayLen::Infer(..)) => true,