diff --git a/include/ntfs-3g/endians.h b/include/ntfs-3g/endians.h
index 91fda48d..06f932f3 100644
--- a/include/ntfs-3g/endians.h
+++ b/include/ntfs-3g/endians.h
@@ -338,4 +338,6 @@
 
 #define le16_xor(a, b) ((a) ^ (b))
 
+#define le32_xor(a, b) ((a) ^ (b))
+
 #endif /* defined _NTFS_ENDIANS_H */
diff --git a/libntfs-3g/security.c b/libntfs-3g/security.c
index 6c33480b..5ae58fc6 100644
--- a/libntfs-3g/security.c
+++ b/libntfs-3g/security.c
@@ -4435,7 +4435,7 @@ int ntfs_set_ntfs_attrib(ntfs_inode *ni,
 				 * and set index root accordingly
 				 */
 				settable = le32_or(settable, FILE_ATTR_COMPRESSED);
-				if (!le32_andz(ni->flags ^ cpu_to_le32(attrib),
+				if (!le32_andz(le32_xor(ni->flags, cpu_to_le32(attrib)),
 				             FILE_ATTR_COMPRESSED)) {
 					if (!le32_andz(ni->flags, FILE_ATTR_COMPRESSED))
 						dirflags = const_cpu_to_le16(0);
@@ -5040,7 +5040,7 @@ BOOL ntfs_set_file_attributes(struct SECURITY_API *scapi,
 				 * and set index root accordingly
 				 */
 				settable = le32_or(settable, FILE_ATTR_COMPRESSED);
-				if (!le32_andz(ni->flags ^ cpu_to_le32(attrib),
+				if (!le32_andz(le32_xor(ni->flags, cpu_to_le32(attrib)),
 				             FILE_ATTR_COMPRESSED)) {
 					if (!le32_andz(ni->flags, FILE_ATTR_COMPRESSED))
 						dirflags = const_cpu_to_le16(0);