diff --git a/src/input/plugins/CurlInputPlugin.cxx b/src/input/plugins/CurlInputPlugin.cxx
index 5c202973f..bd2fff86a 100644
--- a/src/input/plugins/CurlInputPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/input/plugins/CurlInputPlugin.cxx
@@ -433,8 +433,8 @@ CurlInputStream::Open(const char *url, Mutex &mutex, Cond &cond)
 static InputStream *
 input_curl_open(const char *url, Mutex &mutex, Cond &cond)
 {
-	if (memcmp(url, "http://",  7) != 0 &&
-	    memcmp(url, "https://", 8) != 0)
+	if (strncmp(url, "http://", 7) != 0 &&
+	    strncmp(url, "https://", 8) != 0)
 		return nullptr;
 
 	return CurlInputStream::Open(url, mutex, cond);
diff --git a/src/playlist/plugins/SoundCloudPlaylistPlugin.cxx b/src/playlist/plugins/SoundCloudPlaylistPlugin.cxx
index 1ad7717eb..d4cd19534 100644
--- a/src/playlist/plugins/SoundCloudPlaylistPlugin.cxx
+++ b/src/playlist/plugins/SoundCloudPlaylistPlugin.cxx
@@ -274,31 +274,31 @@ try {
 static SongEnumerator *
 soundcloud_open_uri(const char *uri, Mutex &mutex, Cond &cond)
 {
-	assert(memcmp(uri, "soundcloud://", 13) == 0);
+	assert(strncmp(uri, "soundcloud://", 13) == 0);
 	uri += 13;
 
 	char *u = nullptr;
-	if (memcmp(uri, "track/", 6) == 0) {
+	if (strncmp(uri, "track/", 6) == 0) {
 		const char *rest = uri + 6;
 		u = xstrcatdup("https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/",
 			       rest, ".json?client_id=",
 			       soundcloud_config.apikey.c_str());
-	} else if (memcmp(uri, "playlist/", 9) == 0) {
+	} else if (strncmp(uri, "playlist/", 9) == 0) {
 		const char *rest = uri + 9;
 		u = xstrcatdup("https://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/",
 			       rest, ".json?client_id=",
 			       soundcloud_config.apikey.c_str());
-	} else if (memcmp(uri, "user/", 5) == 0) {
+	} else if (strncmp(uri, "user/", 5) == 0) {
 		const char *rest = uri + 5;
 		u = xstrcatdup("https://api.soundcloud.com/users/",
 			       rest, "/tracks.json?client_id=",
 			       soundcloud_config.apikey.c_str());
-	} else if (memcmp(uri, "search/", 7) == 0) {
+	} else if (strncmp(uri, "search/", 7) == 0) {
 		const char *rest = uri + 7;
 		u = xstrcatdup("https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks.json?q=",
 			       rest, "&client_id=",
 			       soundcloud_config.apikey.c_str());
-	} else if (memcmp(uri, "url/", 4) == 0) {
+	} else if (strncmp(uri, "url/", 4) == 0) {
 		const char *rest = uri + 4;
 		/* Translate to soundcloud resolver call. libcurl will automatically
 		   follow the redirect to the right resource. */
diff --git a/src/storage/plugins/NfsStorage.cxx b/src/storage/plugins/NfsStorage.cxx
index edf9b1b92..6e00f7e34 100644
--- a/src/storage/plugins/NfsStorage.cxx
+++ b/src/storage/plugins/NfsStorage.cxx
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ NfsStorage::OpenDirectory(const char *uri_utf8)
 static Storage *
 CreateNfsStorageURI(EventLoop &event_loop, const char *base)
 {
-	if (memcmp(base, "nfs://", 6) != 0)
+	if (strncmp(base, "nfs://", 6) != 0)
 		return nullptr;
 
 	const char *p = base + 6;
diff --git a/src/storage/plugins/SmbclientStorage.cxx b/src/storage/plugins/SmbclientStorage.cxx
index 0b4de5683..92702259a 100644
--- a/src/storage/plugins/SmbclientStorage.cxx
+++ b/src/storage/plugins/SmbclientStorage.cxx
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ SmbclientDirectoryReader::GetInfo(gcc_unused bool follow)
 static Storage *
 CreateSmbclientStorageURI(gcc_unused EventLoop &event_loop, const char *base)
 {
-	if (memcmp(base, "smb://", 6) != 0)
+	if (strncmp(base, "smb://", 6) != 0)
 		return nullptr;
 
 	SmbclientInit();
diff --git a/test/test_translate_song.cxx b/test/test_translate_song.cxx
index 3b042b216..698218029 100644
--- a/test/test_translate_song.cxx
+++ b/test/test_translate_song.cxx
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Log(const Domain &domain, gcc_unused LogLevel level, const char *msg)
 bool
 uri_supported_scheme(const char *uri)
 {
-	return memcmp(uri, "http://", 7) == 0;
+	return strncmp(uri, "http://", 7) == 0;
 }
 
 static constexpr auto music_directory = PATH_LITERAL("/music");