diff --git a/assert/assertions.go b/assert/assertions.go
index 1e55fbf54..85b17c65d 100644
--- a/assert/assertions.go
+++ b/assert/assertions.go
@@ -576,14 +576,6 @@ func EqualExportedValues(t TestingT, expected, actual interface{}, msgAndArgs ..
 		return Fail(t, fmt.Sprintf("Types expected to match exactly\n\t%v != %v", aType, bType), msgAndArgs...)
 	}
 
-	if aType.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
-		return Fail(t, fmt.Sprintf("Types expected to both be struct \n\t%v != %v", aType.Kind(), reflect.Struct), msgAndArgs...)
-	}
-
-	if bType.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
-		return Fail(t, fmt.Sprintf("Types expected to both be struct \n\t%v != %v", bType.Kind(), reflect.Struct), msgAndArgs...)
-	}
-
 	expected = copyExportedFields(expected)
 	actual = copyExportedFields(actual)
 
diff --git a/assert/assertions_test.go b/assert/assertions_test.go
index 9a44f95eb..fb157078c 100644
--- a/assert/assertions_test.go
+++ b/assert/assertions_test.go
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ type S6 struct {
 	unexported string
 }
 
-func TestObjectsExportedFieldsAreEqual(t *testing.T) {
+func TestEqualExportedValues(t *testing.T) {
 
 	intValue := 1
 
@@ -225,6 +225,8 @@ func TestObjectsExportedFieldsAreEqual(t *testing.T) {
 		{Nested{&intValue, 2}, Nested{&intValue, 2}, true},
 		{Nested{&Nested{1, 2}, 3}, Nested{&Nested{1, "b"}, 3}, true},
 		{Nested{&Nested{1, 2}, 3}, Nested{nil, 3}, false},
+		{&Nested{1, 2}, &Nested{1, "b"}, true},
+		{&Nested{1, 2}, &Nested{"a", 2}, false},
 
 		{
 			Nested{map[interface{}]*Nested{nil: nil}, 2},
@@ -254,11 +256,12 @@ func TestObjectsExportedFieldsAreEqual(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, c := range cases {
-		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("ObjectsExportedFieldsAreEqual(%#v, %#v)", c.expected, c.actual), func(t *testing.T) {
-			res := ObjectsExportedFieldsAreEqual(c.expected, c.actual)
+		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("EqualExportedValues(%#v, %#v)", c.expected, c.actual), func(t *testing.T) {
+			mockT := new(testing.T)
+			res := EqualExportedValues(mockT, c.expected, c.actual)
 
 			if res != c.result {
-				t.Errorf("ObjectsExportedFieldsAreEqual(%#v, %#v) should return %#v", c.expected, c.actual, c.result)
+				t.Errorf("EqualExportedValues(%#v, %#v) should return %#v", c.expected, c.actual, c.result)
 			}
 
 		})
@@ -348,7 +351,7 @@ func TestCopyExportedFields(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestEqualExportedValues(t *testing.T) {
+func TestEqualExportedValuesDiffs(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []struct {
 		value1        interface{}
 		value2        interface{}