diff --git a/datafusion/functions-nested/src/array_has.rs b/datafusion/functions-nested/src/array_has.rs
index 9b4357d..7f66eba 100644
--- a/datafusion/functions-nested/src/array_has.rs
+++ b/datafusion/functions-nested/src/array_has.rs
@@ -24,9 +24,8 @@
 use datafusion_common::cast::as_generic_list_array;
 use datafusion_common::utils::string_utils::string_array_to_vec;
 use datafusion_common::{exec_err, Result, ScalarValue};
-use datafusion_expr::{ColumnarValue, Operator, ScalarUDFImpl, Signature, Volatility};
-
-use datafusion_physical_expr_common::datum::compare_op_for_nested;
+use datafusion_expr::{ColumnarValue, ScalarUDFImpl, Signature, Volatility};
+use datafusion_physical_expr_common::datum::compare_with_eq;
 use itertools::Itertools;
 
 use crate::utils::make_scalar_function;
@@ -180,8 +179,9 @@
             continue;
         }
         let arr = arr.unwrap();
+        let is_nested = arr.data_type().is_nested();
         let needle_row = Scalar::new(needle.slice(i, 1));
-        let eq_array = compare_op_for_nested(Operator::Eq, &arr, &needle_row)?;
+        let eq_array = compare_with_eq(&arr, &needle_row, is_nested)?;
         let is_contained = eq_array.true_count() > 0;
         boolean_builder.append_value(is_contained)
     }
@@ -195,13 +195,14 @@
 ) -> Result<ArrayRef> {
     let haystack = as_generic_list_array::<O>(haystack)?;
     let values = haystack.values();
+    let is_nested = values.data_type().is_nested();
     let offsets = haystack.value_offsets();
     // If first argument is empty list (second argument is non-null), return false
     // i.e. array_has([], non-null element) -> false
     if values.len() == 0 {
         return Ok(Arc::new(BooleanArray::from(vec![Some(false)])));
     }
-    let eq_array = compare_op_for_nested(Operator::Eq, values, needle)?;
+    let eq_array = compare_with_eq(values, needle, is_nested)?;
     let mut final_contained = vec![None; haystack.len()];
     for (i, offset) in offsets.windows(2).enumerate() {
         let start = offset[0].to_usize().unwrap();
diff --git a/datafusion/physical-expr-common/src/datum.rs b/datafusion/physical-expr-common/src/datum.rs
index 96c08d0..c47ec9d 100644
--- a/datafusion/physical-expr-common/src/datum.rs
+++ b/datafusion/physical-expr-common/src/datum.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
 use arrow::buffer::NullBuffer;
 use arrow::compute::SortOptions;
 use arrow::error::ArrowError;
-use datafusion_common::internal_err;
+use datafusion_common::DataFusionError;
+use datafusion_common::{arrow_datafusion_err, internal_err};
 use datafusion_common::{Result, ScalarValue};
 use datafusion_expr_common::columnar_value::ColumnarValue;
 use datafusion_expr_common::operator::Operator;
@@ -87,6 +88,19 @@
     }
 }
 
+/// Compare with eq with either nested or non-nested
+pub fn compare_with_eq(
+    lhs: &dyn Datum,
+    rhs: &dyn Datum,
+    is_nested: bool,
+) -> Result<BooleanArray> {
+    if is_nested {
+        compare_op_for_nested(Operator::Eq, lhs, rhs)
+    } else {
+        arrow::compute::kernels::cmp::eq(lhs, rhs).map_err(|e| arrow_datafusion_err!(e))
+    }
+}
+
 /// Compare on nested type List, Struct, and so on
 pub fn compare_op_for_nested(
     op: Operator,
diff --git a/datafusion/physical-expr/src/expressions/in_list.rs b/datafusion/physical-expr/src/expressions/in_list.rs
index dfc7055..0a3e5fc 100644
--- a/datafusion/physical-expr/src/expressions/in_list.rs
+++ b/datafusion/physical-expr/src/expressions/in_list.rs
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@
 use datafusion_common::{
     exec_err, internal_err, not_impl_err, DFSchema, Result, ScalarValue,
 };
-use datafusion_expr::{ColumnarValue, Operator};
-use datafusion_physical_expr_common::datum::compare_op_for_nested;
+use datafusion_expr::ColumnarValue;
+use datafusion_physical_expr_common::datum::compare_with_eq;
 
 use ahash::RandomState;
 use hashbrown::hash_map::RawEntryMut;
@@ -356,17 +356,16 @@
             Some(f) => f.contains(value.into_array(num_rows)?.as_ref(), self.negated)?,
             None => {
                 let value = value.into_array(num_rows)?;
+                let is_nested = value.data_type().is_nested();
                 let found = self.list.iter().map(|expr| expr.evaluate(batch)).try_fold(
                     BooleanArray::new(BooleanBuffer::new_unset(num_rows), None),
                     |result, expr| -> Result<BooleanArray> {
-                        Ok(or_kleene(
-                            &result,
-                            &compare_op_for_nested(
-                                Operator::Eq,
-                                &value,
-                                &expr?.into_array(num_rows)?,
-                            )?,
-                        )?)
+                        let rhs = compare_with_eq(
+                            &value,
+                            &expr?.into_array(num_rows)?,
+                            is_nested,
+                        )?;
+                        Ok(or_kleene(&result, &rhs)?)
                     },
                 )?;