diff --git a/hashes/src/sha256t/mod.rs b/hashes/src/sha256t/mod.rs
index d5acd5edf..d8eb32793 100644
--- a/hashes/src/sha256t/mod.rs
+++ b/hashes/src/sha256t/mod.rs
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ impl<T: Tag> Clone for Hash<T> {
     fn clone(&self) -> Self { *self }
 }
 impl<T: Tag> PartialEq for Hash<T> {
-    fn eq(&self, other: &Hash<T>) -> bool { self.0 == other.0 }
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Hash<T>) -> bool { self.as_byte_array() == other.as_byte_array() }
 }
 impl<T: Tag> Eq for Hash<T> {}
 impl<T: Tag> PartialOrd for Hash<T> {
@@ -137,10 +137,10 @@ impl<T: Tag> PartialOrd for Hash<T> {
     }
 }
 impl<T: Tag> Ord for Hash<T> {
-    fn cmp(&self, other: &Hash<T>) -> cmp::Ordering { cmp::Ord::cmp(&self.0, &other.0) }
+    fn cmp(&self, other: &Hash<T>) -> cmp::Ordering { cmp::Ord::cmp(&self.as_byte_array(), &other.as_byte_array()) }
 }
 impl<T: Tag> core::hash::Hash for Hash<T> {
-    fn hash<H: core::hash::Hasher>(&self, h: &mut H) { self.0.hash(h) }
+    fn hash<H: core::hash::Hasher>(&self, h: &mut H) { self.as_byte_array().hash(h) }
 }
 
 crate::internal_macros::hash_trait_impls!(256, false, T: Tag);