diff --git a/lib/rspec/mocks/argument_list_matcher.rb b/lib/rspec/mocks/argument_list_matcher.rb
index be5869027..7b2a41f45 100644
--- a/lib/rspec/mocks/argument_list_matcher.rb
+++ b/lib/rspec/mocks/argument_list_matcher.rb
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def args_match?(*actual_args)
         if Hash.respond_to?(:ruby2_keywords_hash?, true)
           # if both arguments end with Hashes, and if one is a keyword hash and the other is not, they don't match
           if Hash === expected_args.last && Hash === actual_args.last
-            if Hash.ruby2_keywords_hash?(actual_args.last) != Hash.ruby2_keywords_hash?(expected_args.last)
+            if !Hash.ruby2_keywords_hash?(actual_args.last) && Hash.ruby2_keywords_hash?(expected_args.last)
               return false
             end
           end
diff --git a/spec/rspec/mocks/argument_matchers_spec.rb b/spec/rspec/mocks/argument_matchers_spec.rb
index acdc76f03..3bf679066 100644
--- a/spec/rspec/mocks/argument_matchers_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rspec/mocks/argument_matchers_spec.rb
@@ -381,20 +381,10 @@ def ==(other)
           a_double.random_call(:a => "a", :b => "b")
         end
 
-        if RSpec::Support::RubyFeatures.required_kw_args_supported?
-          it "fails to match against a hash submitted by reference and received by value in Ruby 3", :reset => true do
-            opts = {:a => "a", :b => "b"}
-            expect(a_double).to receive(:random_call).with(opts)
-            expect do
-              a_double.random_call(:a => "a", :b => "b")
-            end.to fail_with(/expected: \(\{:a=>"a", :b=>"b"|:b=>"b", :a=>"a"\}\)/)
-          end
-        else
-          it "matches against a hash submitted by reference and received by value in Ruby 2" do
-            opts = {:a => "a", :b => "b"}
-            expect(a_double).to receive(:random_call).with(opts)
-            a_double.random_call(:a => "a", :b => "b")
-          end
+        it "matches against a hash submitted by reference and received by value (in both Ruby 2 and Ruby 3)" do
+          opts = {:a => "a", :b => "b"}
+          expect(a_double).to receive(:random_call).with(opts)
+          a_double.random_call(:a => "a", :b => "b")
         end
 
         if RUBY_VERSION >= "2.7"