diff --git a/tests/libtest/lib1560.c b/tests/libtest/lib1560.c
index 26a98de286..62f0c00905 100644
--- a/tests/libtest/lib1560.c
+++ b/tests/libtest/lib1560.c
@@ -1194,7 +1194,7 @@ static CURLUcode updateurl(CURLU *u, const char *cmd, unsigned int setflags)
       memset(value, 0, sizeof(value)); /* Avoid valgrind false positive. */
       memcpy(buf, p, n);
       buf[n] = 0;
-      if(2 == sscanf(buf, "%79[^=]=%79[^,]", part, value)) {
+      if(sscanf(buf, "%79[^=]=%79[^,]", part, value) == 2) {
         CURLUPart what = part2id(part);
 #if 0
         /* for debugging this */
diff --git a/tests/server/mqttd.c b/tests/server/mqttd.c
index 76ef715011..8bdf0a5fe4 100644
--- a/tests/server/mqttd.c
+++ b/tests/server/mqttd.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static void mqttd_getconfig(void)
     while(fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), fp)) {
       char key[32];
       char value[32];
-      if(2 == sscanf(buffer, "%31s %31s", key, value)) {
+      if(sscanf(buffer, "%31s %31s", key, value) == 2) {
         if(!strcmp(key, "version")) {
           m_config.version = byteval(value);
           logmsg("version [%d] set", m_config.version);
diff --git a/tests/server/rtspd.c b/tests/server/rtspd.c
index 6bf2348116..b6dd5ead1e 100644
--- a/tests/server/rtspd.c
+++ b/tests/server/rtspd.c
@@ -935,7 +935,7 @@ static int rtspd_send_doc(curl_socket_t sock, struct rtspd_httprequest *req)
     int num;
     ptr = cmd;
     do {
-      if(2 == sscanf(ptr, "%31s %d", command, &num)) {
+      if(sscanf(ptr, "%31s %d", command, &num) == 2) {
         if(!strcmp("wait", command)) {
           logmsg("Told to sleep for %d seconds", num);
           quarters = num * 4;
diff --git a/tests/server/socksd.c b/tests/server/socksd.c
index 70e27af2ff..eb681bc947 100644
--- a/tests/server/socksd.c
+++ b/tests/server/socksd.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static void socksd_getconfig(void)
     while(fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), fp)) {
       char key[32];
       char value[260];
-      if(2 == sscanf(buffer, "%31s %259s", key, value)) {
+      if(sscanf(buffer, "%31s %259s", key, value) == 2) {
         if(!strcmp(key, "version")) {
           s_config.version = byteval(value);
           logmsg("version [%d] set", s_config.version);
diff --git a/tests/server/sws.c b/tests/server/sws.c
index 22bb5fd920..1572c2855f 100644
--- a/tests/server/sws.c
+++ b/tests/server/sws.c
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ retry:
     int num;
     ptr = cmd;
     do {
-      if(2 == sscanf(ptr, "%31s %d", command, &num)) {
+      if(sscanf(ptr, "%31s %d", command, &num) == 2) {
         if(!strcmp("wait", command)) {
           logmsg("Told to sleep for %d seconds", num);
           quarters = num * 4;