diff --git a/oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/SegmentBlob.java b/oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/SegmentBlob.java
index 3b1f73e326..0038abeef2 100644
--- a/oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/SegmentBlob.java
+++ b/oak-segment-tar/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/SegmentBlob.java
@@ -182,9 +182,15 @@ public class SegmentBlob extends Record implements Blob {
 
         if (object instanceof SegmentBlob) {
             SegmentBlob that = (SegmentBlob) object;
+            if (blobStore == null && this.getContentIdentity() != null && that.getContentIdentity() != null
+                    && !this.getContentIdentity().equals(that.getContentIdentity())) {
+                return false;
+            }
+
             if (this.length() != that.length()) {
                 return false;
             }
+
             List<RecordId> bulkIds = this.getBulkRecordIds();
             if (bulkIds != null && bulkIds.equals(that.getBulkRecordIds())) {
                 return true;