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diff --git a/pretyping/evarconv.ml b/pretyping/evarconv.ml
index 0a63985bf..fe2e86a48 100644
--- a/pretyping/evarconv.ml
+++ b/pretyping/evarconv.ml
@@ -530,8 +530,15 @@ and evar_eqappr_x ?(rhs_is_already_stuck = false) ts env evd pbty
UnifFailure (evd, NotSameHead)
else
begin
- let evd' = check_leq_inductives evd cumi u u' in
- Success (check_leq_inductives evd' cumi u' u)
+ (** Both constructors should be liftable to the same supertype
+ at which we compare them, but we don't have access to that type in
+ untyped unification. We hence try to enforce that one is lower
+ than the other, also unifying more universes in the process.
+ If this fails we just leave the universes as is, as in conversion. *)
+ try Success (check_leq_inductives evd cumi u u')
+ with Univ.UniverseInconsistency _ ->
+ try Success (check_leq_inductives evd cumi u' u)
+ with Univ.UniverseInconsistency e -> Success evd
end
end
in