diff --git a/util/qemu-sockets.c b/util/qemu-sockets.c
index 2aed799e97..9fa01560ce 100644
--- a/util/qemu-sockets.c
+++ b/util/qemu-sockets.c
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ static int inet_dgram_saddr(InetSocketAddress *sraddr,
         goto err;
     }
 
-    if (0 != (rc = getaddrinfo(addr, port, &ai, &peer))) {
+    if ((rc = getaddrinfo(addr, port, &ai, &peer)) != 0) {
         error_setg(errp, "address resolution failed for %s:%s: %s", addr, port,
                    gai_strerror(rc));
 	goto err;
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ static int inet_dgram_saddr(InetSocketAddress *sraddr,
         port = "0";
     }
 
-    if (0 != (rc = getaddrinfo(addr, port, &ai, &local))) {
+    if ((rc = getaddrinfo(addr, port, &ai, &local)) != 0) {
         error_setg(errp, "address resolution failed for %s:%s: %s", addr, port,
                    gai_strerror(rc));
         goto err;
@@ -573,20 +573,20 @@ InetSocketAddress *inet_parse(const char *str, Error **errp)
     if (str[0] == ':') {
         /* no host given */
         host[0] = '\0';
-        if (1 != sscanf(str, ":%32[^,]%n", port, &pos)) {
+        if (sscanf(str, ":%32[^,]%n", port, &pos) != 1) {
             error_setg(errp, "error parsing port in address '%s'", str);
             goto fail;
         }
     } else if (str[0] == '[') {
         /* IPv6 addr */
-        if (2 != sscanf(str, "[%64[^]]]:%32[^,]%n", host, port, &pos)) {
+        if (sscanf(str, "[%64[^]]]:%32[^,]%n", host, port, &pos) != 2) {
             error_setg(errp, "error parsing IPv6 address '%s'", str);
             goto fail;
         }
         addr->ipv6 = addr->has_ipv6 = true;
     } else {
         /* hostname or IPv4 addr */
-        if (2 != sscanf(str, "%64[^:]:%32[^,]%n", host, port, &pos)) {
+        if (sscanf(str, "%64[^:]:%32[^,]%n", host, port, &pos) != 2) {
             error_setg(errp, "error parsing address '%s'", str);
             goto fail;
         }