diff --git a/pyglove/core/symbolic/dict.py b/pyglove/core/symbolic/dict.py
index 5ca6b30..0135f03 100644
--- a/pyglove/core/symbolic/dict.py
+++ b/pyglove/core/symbolic/dict.py
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ def sym_hash(self) -> int:
     """Symbolic hashing."""
     return base.sym_hash(
         (self.__class__,
-         tuple([base.sym_hash((k, v)) for k, v in self.sym_items()
+         tuple([(k, base.sym_hash(v)) for k, v in self.sym_items()
                 if v != pg_typing.MISSING_VALUE])))
 
   def _sym_getattr(  # pytype: disable=signature-mismatch  # overriding-parameter-type-checks
diff --git a/pyglove/core/symbolic/dict_test.py b/pyglove/core/symbolic/dict_test.py
index 1b6cc60..5aafb6a 100644
--- a/pyglove/core/symbolic/dict_test.py
+++ b/pyglove/core/symbolic/dict_test.py
@@ -1199,6 +1199,12 @@ def __hash__(self):
     self.assertEqual(hash(Dict(x=a)), hash(Dict(x=b)))
     self.assertNotEqual(hash(Dict(x=B(1))), hash(Dict(x=B(2))))
 
+    class C(pg_object.Object):
+      x: str
+      use_symbolic_comparison = False
+
+    self.assertEqual(Dict(x=C('abc')).sym_hash(), Dict(x=C('abc')).sym_hash())
+
   def test_sym_parent(self):
     sd = Dict(x=dict(a=1), y=[])
     self.assertIsNone(sd.sym_parent)