diff --git a/transport/include/hidl/HidlBinderSupport.h b/transport/include/hidl/HidlBinderSupport.h
index 47ff581..fc834b9 100644
--- a/transport/include/hidl/HidlBinderSupport.h
+++ b/transport/include/hidl/HidlBinderSupport.h
@@ -306,7 +306,8 @@
 // Otherwise, the smallest possible BnChild is found where IChild is a subclass of IType
 // and iface is of class IChild. BnChild will be used to wrapped the given iface.
 // Return nullptr if iface is null or any failure.
-template <typename IType>
+template <typename IType,
+          typename = std::enable_if_t<std::is_same<details::i_tag, typename IType::_hidl_tag>::value>>
 sp<IBinder> toBinder(sp<IType> iface) {
     IType *ifacePtr = iface.get();
     if (ifacePtr == nullptr) {
diff --git a/transport/include/hidl/HidlTransportSupport.h b/transport/include/hidl/HidlTransportSupport.h
index d116598..18a4036 100644
--- a/transport/include/hidl/HidlTransportSupport.h
+++ b/transport/include/hidl/HidlTransportSupport.h
@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@
 bool setMinSchedulerPolicy(const sp<::android::hidl::base::V1_0::IBase>& service,
                            int policy, int priority);
 
-template <typename ILeft, typename IRight>
+template <typename ILeft,
+          typename IRight,
+          typename = std::enable_if_t<std::is_same<details::i_tag, typename ILeft::_hidl_tag>::value>,
+          typename = std::enable_if_t<std::is_same<details::i_tag, typename IRight::_hidl_tag>::value>>
 bool interfacesEqual(sp<ILeft> left, sp<IRight> right) {
     if (left == nullptr || right == nullptr || !left->isRemote() || !right->isRemote()) {
         return left == right;