diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/AbstractListenerReadPublisher.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/AbstractListenerReadPublisher.java
index 21776e751dc9..0845a9f25f04 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/AbstractListenerReadPublisher.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/AbstractListenerReadPublisher.java
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ public final void onError(Throwable ex) {
 	 */
 	private boolean readAndPublish() throws IOException {
 		long r;
-		while ((r = this.demand) > 0 && !this.state.get().equals(State.COMPLETED)) {
+		while ((r = this.demand) > 0 && (this.state.get() != State.COMPLETED)) {
 			T data = read();
 			if (data != null) {
 				if (r != Long.MAX_VALUE) {
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ private void changeToDemandState(State oldState) {
 			// Protect from infinite recursion in Undertow, where we can't check if data
 			// is available, so all we can do is to try to read.
 			// Generally, no need to check if we just came out of readAndPublish()...
-			if (!oldState.equals(State.READING)) {
+			if (oldState != State.READING) {
 				checkOnDataAvailable();
 			}
 		}
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ private void changeToDemandState(State oldState) {
 
 	private boolean handlePendingCompletionOrError() {
 		State state = this.state.get();
-		if (state.equals(State.DEMAND) || state.equals(State.NO_DEMAND)) {
+		if (state == State.DEMAND || state  == State.NO_DEMAND) {
 			if (this.completionPending) {
 				rsReadLogger.trace(getLogPrefix() + "Processing pending completion");
 				this.state.get().onAllDataRead(this);
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/AbstractListenerWriteFlushProcessor.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/AbstractListenerWriteFlushProcessor.java
index 10342d681d10..1d04470065b1 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/AbstractListenerWriteFlushProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/AbstractListenerWriteFlushProcessor.java
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ public <T> void writeComplete(AbstractListenerWriteFlushProcessor<T> processor)
 			public <T> void onComplete(AbstractListenerWriteFlushProcessor<T> processor) {
 				processor.sourceCompleted = true;
 				// A competing write might have completed very quickly
-				if (processor.state.get().equals(State.REQUESTED)) {
+				if (processor.state.get() == State.REQUESTED) {
 					handleSourceCompleted(processor);
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/AbstractListenerWriteProcessor.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/AbstractListenerWriteProcessor.java
index b1a2a3affe1d..92d7b41846b5 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/AbstractListenerWriteProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/AbstractListenerWriteProcessor.java
@@ -183,14 +183,14 @@ void cancelAndSetCompleted() {
 		cancel();
 		for (;;) {
 			State prev = this.state.get();
-			if (prev.equals(State.COMPLETED)) {
+			if (prev == State.COMPLETED) {
 				break;
 			}
 			if (this.state.compareAndSet(prev, State.COMPLETED)) {
 				if (rsWriteLogger.isTraceEnabled()) {
 					rsWriteLogger.trace(getLogPrefix() + prev + " -> " + this.state);
 				}
-				if (!prev.equals(State.WRITING)) {
+				if (prev != State.WRITING) {
 					discardCurrentData();
 				}
 				break;
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ else if (processor.changeState(this, WRITING)) {
 			public <T> void onComplete(AbstractListenerWriteProcessor<T> processor) {
 				processor.sourceCompleted = true;
 				// A competing write might have completed very quickly
-				if (processor.state.get().equals(State.REQUESTED)) {
+				if (processor.state.get() == State.REQUESTED) {
 					processor.changeStateToComplete(State.REQUESTED);
 				}
 			}
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ public <T> void onComplete(AbstractListenerWriteProcessor<T> processor) {
 			public <T> void onComplete(AbstractListenerWriteProcessor<T> processor) {
 				processor.sourceCompleted = true;
 				// A competing write might have completed very quickly
-				if (processor.state.get().equals(State.REQUESTED)) {
+				if (processor.state.get() == State.REQUESTED) {
 					processor.changeStateToComplete(State.REQUESTED);
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/ServletHttpHandlerAdapter.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/ServletHttpHandlerAdapter.java
index b705df0da388..c38837c7ed03 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/ServletHttpHandlerAdapter.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/ServletHttpHandlerAdapter.java
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ private String getServletPath(ServletConfig config) {
 	@Override
 	public void service(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
 		// Check for existing error attribute first
-		if (DispatcherType.ASYNC.equals(request.getDispatcherType())) {
+		if (DispatcherType.ASYNC == request.getDispatcherType()) {
 			Throwable ex = (Throwable) request.getAttribute(WRITE_ERROR_ATTRIBUTE_NAME);
 			throw new ServletException("Failed to create response content", ex);
 		}
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/WriteResultPublisher.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/WriteResultPublisher.java
index 9bac8734bc56..63ac63dd3557 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/WriteResultPublisher.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/WriteResultPublisher.java
@@ -182,14 +182,14 @@ void subscribe(WriteResultPublisher publisher, Subscriber<? super Void> subscrib
 			@Override
 			void publishComplete(WriteResultPublisher publisher) {
 				publisher.completedBeforeSubscribed = true;
-				if(State.SUBSCRIBED.equals(publisher.state.get())) {
+				if(State.SUBSCRIBED == publisher.state.get()) {
 					publisher.state.get().publishComplete(publisher);
 				}
 			}
 			@Override
 			void publishError(WriteResultPublisher publisher, Throwable ex) {
 				publisher.errorBeforeSubscribed = ex;
-				if(State.SUBSCRIBED.equals(publisher.state.get())) {
+				if(State.SUBSCRIBED == publisher.state.get()) {
 					publisher.state.get().publishError(publisher, ex);
 				}
 			}
@@ -203,14 +203,14 @@ void request(WriteResultPublisher publisher, long n) {
 			@Override
 			void publishComplete(WriteResultPublisher publisher) {
 				publisher.completedBeforeSubscribed = true;
-				if(State.SUBSCRIBED.equals(publisher.state.get())) {
+				if(State.SUBSCRIBED == publisher.state.get()) {
 					publisher.state.get().publishComplete(publisher);
 				}
 			}
 			@Override
 			void publishError(WriteResultPublisher publisher, Throwable ex) {
 				publisher.errorBeforeSubscribed = ex;
-				if(State.SUBSCRIBED.equals(publisher.state.get())) {
+				if(State.SUBSCRIBED == publisher.state.get()) {
 					publisher.state.get().publishError(publisher, ex);
 				}
 			}