diff --git a/libntfs-3g/bootsect.c b/libntfs-3g/bootsect.c
index 29450e1f..f867027e 100644
--- a/libntfs-3g/bootsect.c
+++ b/libntfs-3g/bootsect.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ BOOL ntfs_boot_sector_is_ntfs(NTFS_BOOT_SECTOR *b)
 	ntfs_log_debug("Beginning bootsector check.\n");
 
 	ntfs_log_debug("Checking OEMid, NTFS signature.\n");
-	if (b->oem_id != const_cpu_to_le64(0x202020205346544eULL)) { /* "NTFS    " */
+	if (!le64_eq(b->oem_id, const_cpu_to_le64(0x202020205346544eULL))) { /* "NTFS    " */
 		ntfs_log_error("NTFS signature is missing.\n");
 		goto not_ntfs;
 	}
diff --git a/ntfsprogs/ntfsck.c b/ntfsprogs/ntfsck.c
index b0bca401..2a8ad3df 100644
--- a/ntfsprogs/ntfsck.c
+++ b/ntfsprogs/ntfsck.c
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ static BOOL verify_boot_sector(struct ntfs_device *dev, ntfs_volume *rawvol)
 			(buf[2]!=0x90)) {
 		check_failed("Boot sector: Bad jump.\n");
 	}
-	if (ntfs_boot->oem_id != magicNTFS) {
+	if (!le64_eq(ntfs_boot->oem_id, magicNTFS)) {
 		check_failed("Boot sector: Bad NTFS magic.\n");
 	}
 	bytes_per_sector = le16_to_cpu(ntfs_boot->bpb.bytes_per_sector);
diff --git a/src/lowntfs-3g.c b/src/lowntfs-3g.c
index 0bded4e3..e95694b1 100644
--- a/src/lowntfs-3g.c
+++ b/src/lowntfs-3g.c
@@ -940,7 +940,7 @@ static void ntfs_fuse_readlink(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino)
 		goto exit;
 	}
 	/* Sanity check. */
-	if (intx_file->magic != INTX_SYMBOLIC_LINK) {
+	if (!le64_eq(intx_file->magic, INTX_SYMBOLIC_LINK)) {
 		res = -EINVAL;
 		goto exit;
 	}
diff --git a/src/ntfs-3g.c b/src/ntfs-3g.c
index c0321b9e..90638660 100644
--- a/src/ntfs-3g.c
+++ b/src/ntfs-3g.c
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ static int ntfs_fuse_readlink(const char *org_path, char *buf, size_t buf_size)
 		goto exit;
 	}
 	/* Sanity check. */
-	if (intx_file->magic != INTX_SYMBOLIC_LINK) {
+	if (!le64_eq(intx_file->magic, INTX_SYMBOLIC_LINK)) {
 		res = -EINVAL;
 		goto exit;
 	}