diff --git a/lib/classes/event/base.php b/lib/classes/event/base.php
index 48af850098e..904c9f88a72 100644
--- a/lib/classes/event/base.php
+++ b/lib/classes/event/base.php
@@ -740,9 +740,10 @@ abstract class base implements \IteratorAggregate {
                 debugging('Number of event data fields must not be changed in event classes', DEBUG_DEVELOPER);
             }
             $encoded = json_encode($this->data['other']);
-            // The comparison here is not set to strict as whole float numbers will be converted to integers through JSON encoding /
-            // decoding and send an unwanted debugging message.
-            if ($encoded === false or $this->data['other'] != json_decode($encoded, true)) {
+            // The comparison here is not set to strict. We just need to check if the data is compatible with the JSON encoding
+            // or not and we don't need to worry about how the data is encoded. Because in some cases, the data can contain
+            // objects, and objects can be converted to a different format during encoding and decoding.
+            if ($encoded === false) {
                 debugging('other event data must be compatible with json encoding', DEBUG_DEVELOPER);
             }
             if ($this->data['userid'] and !is_number($this->data['userid'])) {
diff --git a/lib/tests/event/base_test.php b/lib/tests/event/base_test.php
index ed8c8e2ab76..d749c543d2a 100644
--- a/lib/tests/event/base_test.php
+++ b/lib/tests/event/base_test.php
@@ -769,16 +769,19 @@ class base_test extends \advanced_testcase {
         $event4->trigger();
         $this->assertDebuggingNotCalled();
 
-        $event5 = \core_tests\event\problematic_event1::create(array('context'=>\context_system::instance(), 'other'=>(object)array('a'=>1)));
+        // Check the invalid content that cannot be converted to JSON will trigger debugging messages.
+        $event5 = \core_tests\event\problematic_event1::create(array('context' => \context_system::instance(), 'other' => [
+            'a' => NAN
+        ]));
         $this->assertDebuggingNotCalled();
         $event5->trigger();
         $this->assertDebuggingCalled();
 
+        // Check that moodle_url object does not trigger debugging messages.
         $url = new \moodle_url('/admin/');
         $event6 = \core_tests\event\problematic_event1::create(array('context'=>\context_system::instance(), 'other'=>array('a'=>$url)));
-        $this->assertDebuggingNotCalled();
         $event6->trigger();
-        $this->assertDebuggingCalled();
+        $this->assertDebuggingNotCalled();
 
         // Check that whole float numbers do not trigger debugging messages.
         $event7 = \core_tests\event\unittest_executed::create(array('context'=>\context_system::instance(),