diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
index 95fd06cdaa99..ce4f28645e64 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-report.c
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ static int strcommon(const char *pathname)
 {
 	int n = 0;
 
-	while (pathname[n] == cwd[n] && n < cwdlen)
+	while (n < cwdlen && pathname[n] == cwd[n])
 		++n;
 
 	return n;
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/quote.c b/tools/perf/util/quote.c
index c6e5dc0dc82f..2726fe40eb5d 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/quote.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/quote.c
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ char *quote_path_relative(const char *in, int len,
 		strbuf_addch(out, '"');
 	if (prefix) {
 		int off = 0;
-		while (prefix[off] && off < len && prefix[off] == in[off])
+		while (off < len && prefix[off] && prefix[off] == in[off])
 			if (prefix[off] == '/') {
 				prefix += off + 1;
 				in += off + 1;