diff --git a/balancer/weightedroundrobin/balancer.go b/balancer/weightedroundrobin/balancer.go
index ed241124219e..ec7a8b1061ab 100644
--- a/balancer/weightedroundrobin/balancer.go
+++ b/balancer/weightedroundrobin/balancer.go
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ func (w *weightedSubConn) OnLoadReport(load *v3orcapb.OrcaLoadReport) {
 	}
 
 	w.lastUpdated = internal.TimeNow()
-	if w.nonEmptySince == (time.Time{}) {
+	if w.nonEmptySince.Equal(time.Time{}) {
 		w.nonEmptySince = w.lastUpdated
 	}
 }
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ func (w *weightedSubConn) weight(now time.Time, weightExpirationPeriod, blackout
 
 	// The SubConn has not received a load report (i.e. just turned READY with
 	// no load report).
-	if w.lastUpdated == (time.Time{}) {
+	if w.lastUpdated.Equal(time.Time{}) {
 		endpointWeightNotYetUsableMetric.Record(w.metricsRecorder, 1, w.target, w.locality)
 		return 0
 	}
@@ -625,7 +625,7 @@ func (w *weightedSubConn) weight(now time.Time, weightExpirationPeriod, blackout
 	}
 
 	// If we don't have at least blackoutPeriod worth of data, return 0.
-	if blackoutPeriod != 0 && (w.nonEmptySince == (time.Time{}) || now.Sub(w.nonEmptySince) < blackoutPeriod) {
+	if blackoutPeriod != 0 && (w.nonEmptySince.Equal(time.Time{}) || now.Sub(w.nonEmptySince) < blackoutPeriod) {
 		if recordMetrics {
 			endpointWeightNotYetUsableMetric.Record(w.metricsRecorder, 1, w.target, w.locality)
 		}
diff --git a/benchmark/latency/latency.go b/benchmark/latency/latency.go
index 10fcb12c8d4e..4fae637673ee 100644
--- a/benchmark/latency/latency.go
+++ b/benchmark/latency/latency.go
@@ -63,13 +63,13 @@ type Network struct {
 }
 
 var (
-	//Local simulates local network.
+	// Local simulates local network.
 	Local = Network{0, 0, 0}
-	//LAN simulates local area network.
+	// LAN simulates local area network.
 	LAN = Network{100 * 1024, 2 * time.Millisecond, 1500}
-	//WAN simulates wide area network.
+	// WAN simulates wide area network.
 	WAN = Network{20 * 1024, 30 * time.Millisecond, 1500}
-	//Longhaul simulates bad network.
+	// Longhaul simulates bad network.
 	Longhaul = Network{1000 * 1024, 200 * time.Millisecond, 9000}
 )
 
diff --git a/test/config_selector_test.go b/test/config_selector_test.go
index 69782ef9ce0b..78518d4fb5b9 100644
--- a/test/config_selector_test.go
+++ b/test/config_selector_test.go
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func (s) TestConfigSelector(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			wantDeadline := tc.wantDeadline
-			if wantDeadline == (time.Time{}) {
+			if wantDeadline.Equal(time.Time{}) {
 				wantDeadline = startTime.Add(tc.wantTimeout)
 			}
 			deadlineGot, _ := gotContext.Deadline()