diff --git a/R/Utils.R b/R/Utils.R
index c5f034c35b33e13e5c318a6be59281f1071baaed..ec1541532f0aa9720930ab5a326d739ce73d3e72 100644
--- a/R/Utils.R
+++ b/R/Utils.R
@@ -239,8 +239,8 @@
                   } else {
                     NA
                   }
-          if (identical(nlons, length(lon)) && 
-              identical(nlats, length(lat))) {
+          if ((nlons == length(lon)) && 
+              (nlats == length(lat))) {
             TRUE
           } else {
             FALSE