diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/Criteria.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/Criteria.java
index 4c8b8aea6..2874fe2a1 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/Criteria.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/Criteria.java
@@ -514,9 +514,28 @@ public class Criteria implements CriteriaDefinition {
 
 		Criteria that = (Criteria) obj;
 
-		boolean keyEqual = this.key == null ? that.key == null : this.key.equals(that.key);
-		boolean criteriaEqual = this.criteria.equals(that.criteria);
-		boolean valueEqual = isEqual(this.isValue, that.isValue);
+		if (this.criteriaChain.size() != that.criteriaChain.size()) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		for (int i = 0; i < this.criteriaChain.size(); i++) {
+
+			Criteria left = this.criteriaChain.get(i);
+			Criteria right = that.criteriaChain.get(i);
+
+			if (!simpleCriteriaEquals(left, right)) {
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	private boolean simpleCriteriaEquals(Criteria left, Criteria right) {
+
+		boolean keyEqual = left.key == null ? right.key == null : left.key.equals(right.key);
+		boolean criteriaEqual = left.criteria.equals(right.criteria);
+		boolean valueEqual = isEqual(left.isValue, right.isValue);
 
 		return keyEqual && criteriaEqual && valueEqual;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/CriteriaTests.java b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/CriteriaTests.java
index 2b141a5e5..fac13a5d6 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/CriteriaTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/CriteriaTests.java
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.InvalidMongoDbApiUsageException;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.Criteria;
 
 import com.mongodb.BasicDBObject;
 import com.mongodb.DBObject;
@@ -58,4 +58,14 @@ public class CriteriaTests {
 		Criteria c = new Criteria("name").gte("M").and("name").ne("A");
 		c.getCriteriaObject();
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void equalIfCriteriaMatches() {
+
+		Criteria left = new Criteria("name").is("Foo").and("lastname").is("Bar");
+		Criteria right = new Criteria("name").is("Bar").and("lastname").is("Bar");
+
+		assertThat(left, is(not(right)));
+		assertThat(right, is(not(left)));
+	}
 }