diff --git a/src/ray/common/id.cc b/src/ray/common/id.cc
index eae791b7d..bdf3f57c4 100644
--- a/src/ray/common/id.cc
+++ b/src/ray/common/id.cc
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ ObjectID ObjectID::GenerateObjectId(const std::string &task_id_binary,
                                     ObjectIDFlagsType flags,
                                     ObjectIDIndexType object_index) {
   RAY_CHECK(task_id_binary.size() == TaskID::Size());
-  ObjectID ret = ObjectID::Nil();
+  ObjectID ret;
   std::memcpy(ret.id_, task_id_binary.c_str(), TaskID::kLength);
   std::memcpy(ret.id_ + TaskID::kLength, &flags, sizeof(flags));
   std::memcpy(ret.id_ + TaskID::kLength + kFlagsBytesLength, &object_index,
diff --git a/src/ray/common/id.h b/src/ray/common/id.h
index 8555b2000..3eacdf256 100644
--- a/src/ray/common/id.h
+++ b/src/ray/common/id.h
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ template <typename T>
 T BaseID<T>::FromBinary(const std::string &binary) {
   RAY_CHECK(binary.size() == T::Size() || binary.size() == 0)
       << "expected size is " << T::Size() << ", but got " << binary.size();
-  T t = T::Nil();
+  T t;
   std::memcpy(t.MutableData(), binary.data(), binary.size());
   return t;
 }
diff --git a/src/ray/common/id_test.cc b/src/ray/common/id_test.cc
index 7dae9b8c8..960ea149e 100644
--- a/src/ray/common/id_test.cc
+++ b/src/ray/common/id_test.cc
@@ -113,6 +113,16 @@ TEST(NilTest, TestIsNil) {
   ASSERT_TRUE(ObjectID::Nil().IsNil());
 }
 
+TEST(HashTest, TestNilHash) {
+  // Manually trigger the hash calculation of the static global nil ID.
+  auto nil_hash = ObjectID::Nil().Hash();
+  ObjectID id1 = ObjectID::FromRandom();
+  ASSERT_NE(nil_hash, id1.Hash());
+  ObjectID id2 = ObjectID::FromBinary(ObjectID::FromRandom().Binary());
+  ASSERT_NE(nil_hash, id2.Hash());
+  ASSERT_NE(id1.Hash(), id2.Hash());
+}
+
 }  // namespace ray
 
 int main(int argc, char **argv) {