diff --git a/checks.c b/checks.c
index 770af32..f5bf5f9 100644
--- a/checks.c
+++ b/checks.c
@@ -696,8 +696,8 @@ static void check_pci_bridge(struct check *c, struct dt_info *dti, struct node *
 
 	node->bus = &pci_bus;
 
-	if (!strneq(node->name, "pci", node->basenamelen) &&
-	    !strneq(node->name, "pcie", node->basenamelen))
+	if (!strprefixeq(node->name, node->basenamelen, "pci") &&
+	    !strprefixeq(node->name, node->basenamelen, "pcie"))
 		FAIL(c, dti, "Node %s node name is not \"pci\" or \"pcie\"",
 			     node->fullpath);
 
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ static bool node_is_compatible(struct node *node, const char *compat)
 
 	for (str = prop->val.val, end = str + prop->val.len; str < end;
 	     str += strnlen(str, end - str) + 1) {
-		if (strneq(str, compat, end - str))
+		if (strprefixeq(str, end - str, compat))
 			return true;
 	}
 	return false;
diff --git a/dtc.h b/dtc.h
index bb0b91b..758eb7c 100644
--- a/dtc.h
+++ b/dtc.h
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ typedef uint32_t cell_t;
 
 
 #define streq(a, b)	(strcmp((a), (b)) == 0)
-#define strneq(a, b, n)	(strncmp((a), (b), (n)) == 0)
 #define strstarts(s, prefix)	(strncmp((s), (prefix), strlen(prefix)) == 0)
+#define strprefixeq(a, n, b)	(strlen(b) == (n) && (memcmp(a, b, n) == 0))
 
 #define ALIGN(x, a)	(((x) + (a) - 1) & ~((a) - 1))
 
diff --git a/livetree.c b/livetree.c
index 184703a..457d01e 100644
--- a/livetree.c
+++ b/livetree.c
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ struct node *get_node_by_path(struct node *tree, const char *path)
 
 	for_each_child(tree, child) {
 		if (p && (strlen(child->name) == p-path) &&
-				strneq(path, child->name, p-path))
+		    strprefixeq(path, p - path, child->name))
 			return get_node_by_path(child, p+1);
 		else if (!p && streq(path, child->name))
 			return child;