diff --git a/libmaxsi/strncasecmp.cpp b/libmaxsi/strncasecmp.cpp
index 3073f9f9..f75b109e 100644
--- a/libmaxsi/strncasecmp.cpp
+++ b/libmaxsi/strncasecmp.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 extern "C" int strncasecmp(const char* a, const char* b, size_t maxcount)
 {
-	while ( --maxcount )
+	while ( maxcount-- )
 	{
 		char ac = tolower(*a++), bc = tolower(*b++);
 		if ( ac == '\0' && bc == '\0' )
diff --git a/libmaxsi/strncmp.cpp b/libmaxsi/strncmp.cpp
index 120edcc6..2494d990 100644
--- a/libmaxsi/strncmp.cpp
+++ b/libmaxsi/strncmp.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 extern "C" int strncmp(const char* a, const char* b, size_t maxcount)
 {
-	while ( --maxcount )
+	while ( maxcount-- )
 	{
 		char ac = *a++, bc = *b++;
 		if ( ac == '\0' && bc == '\0' )