diff --git a/frontend/drivers/platform_android.c b/frontend/drivers/platform_android.c
index d0119cb899..4e25599227 100644
--- a/frontend/drivers/platform_android.c
+++ b/frontend/drivers/platform_android.c
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ static void frontend_android_get_environment_settings(int *argc,
    if (android_app->getStringExtra && jstr)
    {
       const char *argv = (*env)->GetStringUTFChars(env, jstr, 0);
-      bool used = (strcmp(argv, "false") == 0) ? false : true;
+      bool used = (!strcmp(argv, "false")) ? false : true;
 
       (*env)->ReleaseStringUTFChars(env, jstr, argv);
 
diff --git a/frontend/drivers/platform_ps3.c b/frontend/drivers/platform_ps3.c
index cce291fc47..6ac4817d9b 100644
--- a/frontend/drivers/platform_ps3.c
+++ b/frontend/drivers/platform_ps3.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static void frontend_ps3_get_environment_settings(int *argc, char *argv[],
    /* not launched from external launcher, set default path */
    // second param is multiMAN SELF file
    if(path_file_exists(argv[2]) && *argc > 1
-         && (strcmp(argv[2], EMULATOR_CONTENT_DIR) == 0))
+         && (!strcmp(argv[2], EMULATOR_CONTENT_DIR)))
    {
       multiman_detected = true;
       RARCH_LOG("Started from multiMAN, auto-game start enabled.\n");
diff --git a/frontend/frontend_driver.c b/frontend/frontend_driver.c
index 3946baa38d..6467555f1e 100644
--- a/frontend/frontend_driver.c
+++ b/frontend/frontend_driver.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ const frontend_ctx_driver_t *frontend_ctx_find_driver(const char *ident)
 
    for (i = 0; frontend_ctx_drivers[i]; i++)
    {
-      if (strcmp(frontend_ctx_drivers[i]->ident, ident) == 0)
+      if (!strcmp(frontend_ctx_drivers[i]->ident, ident))
          return frontend_ctx_drivers[i];
    }
 
diff --git a/gfx/drivers_shader/shader_glsl.c b/gfx/drivers_shader/shader_glsl.c
index bf2eef085a..1c8943117e 100644
--- a/gfx/drivers_shader/shader_glsl.c
+++ b/gfx/drivers_shader/shader_glsl.c
@@ -757,7 +757,9 @@ static bool gl_glsl_init(void *data, const char *path)
    if (path)
    {
       bool ret;
-      if (strcmp(path_get_extension(path), "glsl") == 0)
+      const char *path_ext = path_get_extension(path);
+
+      if (!strcmp(path_ext, "glsl"))
       {
          strlcpy(glsl->glsl_shader->pass[0].source.path, path,
                sizeof(glsl->glsl_shader->pass[0].source.path));
@@ -765,7 +767,7 @@ static bool gl_glsl_init(void *data, const char *path)
          glsl->glsl_shader->modern = true;
          ret = true;
       }
-      else if (strcmp(path_get_extension(path), "glslp") == 0)
+      else if (!strcmp(path_ext, "glslp"))
       {
          conf = config_file_new(path);
          if (conf)
diff --git a/input/input_joypad_driver.c b/input/input_joypad_driver.c
index 0636852500..b9e779a4f1 100644
--- a/input/input_joypad_driver.c
+++ b/input/input_joypad_driver.c
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ const input_device_driver_t *input_joypad_init_driver(const char *ident, void *d
 
    for (i = 0; joypad_drivers[i]; i++)
    {
-      if (strcmp(ident, joypad_drivers[i]->ident) == 0
+      if (!strcmp(ident, joypad_drivers[i]->ident)
             && joypad_drivers[i]->init(data))
       {
          RARCH_LOG("Found joypad driver: \"%s\".\n",
diff --git a/ui/ui_companion_driver.c b/ui/ui_companion_driver.c
index 2f1ded0c64..382308f101 100644
--- a/ui/ui_companion_driver.c
+++ b/ui/ui_companion_driver.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const ui_companion_driver_t *ui_companion_find_driver(const char *ident)
 
    for (i = 0; ui_companion_drivers[i]; i++)
    {
-      if (strcmp(ui_companion_drivers[i]->ident, ident) == 0)
+      if (!strcmp(ui_companion_drivers[i]->ident, ident))
          return ui_companion_drivers[i];
    }