diff --git a/rhino/src/main/java/org/mozilla/javascript/ScriptRuntime.java b/rhino/src/main/java/org/mozilla/javascript/ScriptRuntime.java
index b04245fd6d..9e7a040600 100644
--- a/rhino/src/main/java/org/mozilla/javascript/ScriptRuntime.java
+++ b/rhino/src/main/java/org/mozilla/javascript/ScriptRuntime.java
@@ -3926,18 +3926,32 @@ public static boolean compare(Object val1, Object val2, int op) {
         if (val1 instanceof Number && val2 instanceof Number) {
             return compare((Number) val1, (Number) val2, op);
         } else {
-            if ((val1 instanceof Symbol) || (val2 instanceof Symbol)) {
+            if ((isSymbol(val1)) || (isSymbol(val2))) {
                 throw typeErrorById("msg.compare.symbol");
             }
-            if (val1 instanceof Scriptable) {
-                val1 = ((Scriptable) val1).getDefaultValue(NumberClass);
-            }
-            if (val2 instanceof Scriptable) {
-                val2 = ((Scriptable) val2).getDefaultValue(NumberClass);
-            }
+            val1 = toPrimitive(val1, Optional.of(NumberClass));
+            val2 = toPrimitive(val2, Optional.of(NumberClass));
             if (val1 instanceof CharSequence && val2 instanceof CharSequence) {
                 return compareTo(val1.toString(), val2.toString(), op);
             }
+            if (val1 instanceof BigInteger && val2 instanceof CharSequence) {
+                final BigInteger ny;
+                try {
+                    ny = toBigInt(val2.toString());
+                } catch (EcmaError e) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                return compareTo((BigInteger) val1, ny, op);
+            }
+            if (val1 instanceof CharSequence && val2 instanceof BigInteger) {
+                final BigInteger nx;
+                try {
+                    nx = toBigInt(val1.toString());
+                } catch (EcmaError e) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+                return compareTo(nx, (BigInteger) val2, op);
+            }
             return compare(toNumeric(val1), toNumeric(val2), op);
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/testsrc/test262.properties b/tests/testsrc/test262.properties
index 92d56a3a69..2d4bca63ca 100644
--- a/tests/testsrc/test262.properties
+++ b/tests/testsrc/test262.properties
@@ -5112,12 +5112,9 @@ language/expressions/generators 232/290 (80.0%)
     yield-star-after-newline.js
     yield-star-before-newline.js
 
-language/expressions/greater-than 2/49 (4.08%)
-    bigint-and-incomparable-string.js
-    bigint-and-string.js
+language/expressions/greater-than 0/49 (0.0%)
 
-language/expressions/greater-than-or-equal 1/43 (2.33%)
-    bigint-and-incomparable-string.js
+language/expressions/greater-than-or-equal 0/43 (0.0%)
 
 language/expressions/grouping 0/9 (0.0%)
 
@@ -5160,12 +5157,9 @@ language/expressions/left-shift 4/45 (8.89%)
     bigint-wrapped-values.js
     order-of-evaluation.js
 
-language/expressions/less-than 1/45 (2.22%)
-    bigint-and-incomparable-string.js
+language/expressions/less-than 0/45 (0.0%)
 
-language/expressions/less-than-or-equal 2/47 (4.26%)
-    bigint-and-incomparable-string.js
-    bigint-and-string.js
+language/expressions/less-than-or-equal 0/47 (0.0%)
 
 language/expressions/logical-and 1/18 (5.56%)
     tco-right.js {unsupported: [tail-call-optimization]}