diff --git a/lib/cf-socket.c b/lib/cf-socket.c
index e90eddcc5a..edeeee0414 100644
--- a/lib/cf-socket.c
+++ b/lib/cf-socket.c
@@ -1562,14 +1562,14 @@ static CURLcode cf_socket_send(struct Curl_cfilter *cf, struct Curl_easy *data,
     if(
 #ifdef USE_WINSOCK
       /* This is how Windows does it */
-      (SOCKEWOULDBLOCK == sockerr)
+      (sockerr == SOCKEWOULDBLOCK)
 #else
       /* errno may be EWOULDBLOCK or on some systems EAGAIN when it returned
          due to its inability to send off data without blocking. We therefore
          treat both error codes the same here */
       SOCK_EWOULDBLOCK_EAGAIN(sockerr) ||
-      (SOCKEINTR == sockerr) ||
-      (SOCKEINPROGRESS == sockerr)
+      (sockerr == SOCKEINTR) ||
+      (sockerr == SOCKEINPROGRESS)
 #endif
       ) {
       /* EWOULDBLOCK */
@@ -1628,13 +1628,13 @@ static CURLcode cf_socket_recv(struct Curl_cfilter *cf, struct Curl_easy *data,
     if(
 #ifdef USE_WINSOCK
       /* This is how Windows does it */
-      (SOCKEWOULDBLOCK == sockerr)
+      (sockerr == SOCKEWOULDBLOCK)
 #else
       /* errno may be EWOULDBLOCK or on some systems EAGAIN when it returned
          due to its inability to send off data without blocking. We therefore
          treat both error codes the same here */
       SOCK_EWOULDBLOCK_EAGAIN(sockerr) ||
-      (SOCKEINTR == sockerr)
+      (sockerr == SOCKEINTR)
 #endif
       ) {
       /* EWOULDBLOCK */
diff --git a/lib/socketpair.c b/lib/socketpair.c
index fc5ae15e4b..8db80d1833 100644
--- a/lib/socketpair.c
+++ b/lib/socketpair.c
@@ -235,13 +235,13 @@ static int wakeup_inet(curl_socket_t socks[2], bool nonblocking)
         if(
 #ifdef USE_WINSOCK
            /* This is how Windows does it */
-           (SOCKEWOULDBLOCK == sockerr)
+           (sockerr == SOCKEWOULDBLOCK)
 #else
            /* errno may be EWOULDBLOCK or on some systems EAGAIN when it
               returned due to its inability to send off data without
               blocking. We therefore treat both error codes the same here */
            SOCK_EWOULDBLOCK_EAGAIN(sockerr) ||
-           (SOCKEINTR == sockerr) || (SOCKEINPROGRESS == sockerr)
+           (sockerr == SOCKEINTR) || (sockerr == SOCKEINPROGRESS)
 #endif
           ) {
           continue;