diff --git a/python/taichi/lang/impl.py b/python/taichi/lang/impl.py
index 011b3227c38eb..5bceab2ee4637 100644
--- a/python/taichi/lang/impl.py
+++ b/python/taichi/lang/impl.py
@@ -112,13 +112,10 @@ def subscript(value, *indices):
 def chain_compare(comparators, ops):
     assert len(comparators) == len(ops) + 1, \
       f'Chain comparison invoked with {len(comparators)} comparators but {len(ops)} operators'
-    evaluated_comparators = []
-    for i in range(len(comparators)):
-        evaluated_comparators += [expr_init(comparators[i])]
-    ret = expr_init(True)
+    ret = True
     for i in range(len(ops)):
-        lhs = evaluated_comparators[i]
-        rhs = evaluated_comparators[i + 1]
+        lhs = comparators[i]
+        rhs = comparators[i + 1]
         if ops[i] == 'Lt':
             now = lhs < rhs
         elif ops[i] == 'LtE':
@@ -133,7 +130,7 @@ def chain_compare(comparators, ops):
             now = lhs != rhs
         else:
             assert False, f'Unknown operator {ops[i]}'
-        ret = ret.logical_and(now)
+        ret = logical_and(ret, now)
     return ret
 
 
diff --git a/taichi/ir/expr.cpp b/taichi/ir/expr.cpp
index 20ea0cd594fbe..552e029bcf6d4 100644
--- a/taichi/ir/expr.cpp
+++ b/taichi/ir/expr.cpp
@@ -179,9 +179,9 @@ Expr load(const Expr &ptr) {
 Expr ptr_if_global(const Expr &var) {
   if (var.is<GlobalVariableExpression>()) {
     // singleton global variable
-    TI_ASSERT_INFO(
-        var.snode()->num_active_indices == 0,
-        "Please always use 'x[None]' (instead of simply 'x') to access any 0-D tensor."
+    TI_ASSERT_INFO(var.snode()->num_active_indices == 0,
+                   "Please always use 'x[None]' (instead of simply 'x') to "
+                   "access any 0-D tensor.");
     return var[ExprGroup()];
   } else {
     // may be any local or global expr
diff --git a/tests/python/test_compare.py b/tests/python/test_compare.py
index 61726291e5b5b..616d1fdea8395 100644
--- a/tests/python/test_compare.py
+++ b/tests/python/test_compare.py
@@ -97,6 +97,27 @@ def func():
     assert a[2]  # ti.append returns 0
 
 
+@ti.all_archs
+def test_no_duplicate_eval_func():
+    a = ti.var(ti.i32, ())
+    b = ti.var(ti.i32, ())
+
+    @ti.func
+    def why_this_foo_fail(n):
+        return ti.atomic_add(b[None], n)
+
+    def foo(n):
+        return ti.atomic_add(ti.subscript(b, None), n)
+
+    @ti.kernel
+    def func():
+        a[None] = 0 <= foo(2) < 1
+
+    func()
+    assert a[None] == 1
+    assert b[None] == 2
+
+
 @ti.require(ti.extension.sparse)
 @ti.all_archs
 def test_chain_compare():