diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a9e3ecddb..93f7a183c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@
 
 #### Enhancements
 
-* None.
+* Speed up Identical Operands rule by using syntaxmap instead of
+  regular expressions.  
+  [PaulTaykalo](https://github.com/PaulTaykalo)
+  [#2918](https://github.com/realm/SwiftLint/issues/2918)
 
 #### Bug Fixes
 
diff --git a/Rules.md b/Rules.md
index 48120822c..d7600cd04 100644
--- a/Rules.md
+++ b/Rules.md
@@ -9671,6 +9671,10 @@ expect("foo") == "foo"
 ↓$0 == $0
 ```
 
+```swift
+↓a?.b == a?.b
+```
+
 ```swift
 ↓1 != 1
 ```
@@ -9691,6 +9695,10 @@ expect("foo") == "foo"
 ↓$0 != $0
 ```
 
+```swift
+↓a?.b != a?.b
+```
+
 ```swift
 ↓1 === 1
 ```
@@ -9711,6 +9719,10 @@ expect("foo") == "foo"
 ↓$0 === $0
 ```
 
+```swift
+↓a?.b === a?.b
+```
+
 ```swift
 ↓1 !== 1
 ```
@@ -9731,6 +9743,10 @@ expect("foo") == "foo"
 ↓$0 !== $0
 ```
 
+```swift
+↓a?.b !== a?.b
+```
+
 ```swift
 ↓1 > 1
 ```
@@ -9751,6 +9767,10 @@ expect("foo") == "foo"
 ↓$0 > $0
 ```
 
+```swift
+↓a?.b > a?.b
+```
+
 ```swift
 ↓1 >= 1
 ```
@@ -9771,6 +9791,10 @@ expect("foo") == "foo"
 ↓$0 >= $0
 ```
 
+```swift
+↓a?.b >= a?.b
+```
+
 ```swift
 ↓1 < 1
 ```
@@ -9791,6 +9815,10 @@ expect("foo") == "foo"
 ↓$0 < $0
 ```
 
+```swift
+↓a?.b < a?.b
+```
+
 ```swift
 ↓1 <= 1
 ```
@@ -9811,6 +9839,10 @@ expect("foo") == "foo"
 ↓$0 <= $0
 ```
 
+```swift
+↓a?.b <= a?.b
+```
+
 </details>
 
 
diff --git a/Source/SwiftLintFramework/Rules/Lint/IdenticalOperandsRule.swift b/Source/SwiftLintFramework/Rules/Lint/IdenticalOperandsRule.swift
index 8930f9ed6..c2b2a99d0 100644
--- a/Source/SwiftLintFramework/Rules/Lint/IdenticalOperandsRule.swift
+++ b/Source/SwiftLintFramework/Rules/Lint/IdenticalOperandsRule.swift
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ public struct IdenticalOperandsRule: ConfigurationProviderRule, OptInRule, Autom
                 "↓foo \(operation) foo",
                 "↓foo.aProperty \(operation) foo.aProperty",
                 "↓self.aProperty \(operation) self.aProperty",
-                "↓$0 \(operation) $0"
+                "↓$0 \(operation) $0",
+                "↓a?.b \(operation) a?.b"
             ]
         }
     )
@@ -103,14 +104,14 @@ public struct IdenticalOperandsRule: ConfigurationProviderRule, OptInRule, Autom
         }
 
         // Make sure both operands have same token types
-        guard zip(leftOperand.tokens, rightOperand.tokens).allSatisfy({ $0.0.type == $0.1.type }) else {
+        guard leftOperand.tokens.map({ $0.type }) == rightOperand.tokens.map({ $0.type }) else {
             return nil
         }
 
-        // Make sure that every part of the operand part is equal to previous on
-        guard zip(leftOperand.tokens, rightOperand.tokens).allSatisfy({
-            contents.subStringWithSyntaxToken($0.0) == contents.subStringWithSyntaxToken($0.1) }) else {
-                return nil
+        // Make sure that every part of the operand part is equal to previous one
+        guard leftOperand.tokens.map(contents.subStringWithSyntaxToken) ==
+            rightOperand.tokens.map(contents.subStringWithSyntaxToken) else {
+            return nil
         }
 
         guard let leftmostToken = leftOperand.tokens.first else {