diff --git a/libretro-common/compat/compat.c b/libretro-common/compat/compat.c
index 6adb54cb61..77b898bd4c 100644
--- a/libretro-common/compat/compat.c
+++ b/libretro-common/compat/compat.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ static int parse_long(const struct option *longopts, char * const *argv)
    const struct option *opt = NULL;
    for (indice = 0; longopts[indice].name; indice++)
    {
-      if (strcmp(longopts[indice].name, &argv[0][2]) == 0)
+      if (!strcmp(longopts[indice].name, &argv[0][2]))
       {
          opt = &longopts[indice];
          break;
diff --git a/libretro-common/file/dir_list.c b/libretro-common/file/dir_list.c
index 3eb108363f..38a512a100 100644
--- a/libretro-common/file/dir_list.c
+++ b/libretro-common/file/dir_list.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static int parse_dir_entry(const char *name, char *file_path,
    if (!include_dirs && is_dir)
       return 1;
 
-   if (strcmp(name, ".") == 0 || strcmp(name, "..") == 0)
+   if (!strcmp(name, ".") || !strcmp(name, ".."))
       return 1;
 
    if (!is_compressed_file && !is_dir && ext_list && !supported_by_core)
diff --git a/libretro-common/utils/md5.c b/libretro-common/utils/md5.c
index 3695cb7889..e1863a6269 100644
--- a/libretro-common/utils/md5.c
+++ b/libretro-common/utils/md5.c
@@ -509,9 +509,9 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
       for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
          if (argv[i][0] == '-' && argv[i][1] == 's')
             MDString (argv[i] + 2);
-         else if (strcmp (argv[i], "-t") == 0)
+         else if (!strcmp (argv[i], "-t"))
             MDTimeTrial ();
-         else if (strcmp (argv[i], "-x") == 0)
+         else if (!strcmp (argv[i], "-x"))
             MDTestSuite ();
          else MDFile (argv[i]);