diff --git a/tagutils/tagutils-aac.c b/tagutils/tagutils-aac.c
index 77ea7dd..16b1301 100644
--- a/tagutils/tagutils-aac.c
+++ b/tagutils/tagutils-aac.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ _aac_check_extended_descriptor(FILE *infile)
 	short int i;
 	unsigned char buf[3];
 
-	if( !fread((void *)&buf, 3, 1, infile) )
+	if( fread((void *)&buf, 1, 3, infile) < 3 )
 		return -1;
 	for( i=0; i<3; i++ )
 	{
@@ -286,8 +286,8 @@ _get_aacfileinfo(char *file, struct song_metadata *psong)
 	if(atom_offset != -1)
 	{
 		fseek(infile, 12, SEEK_CUR);
-		if(!fread((void*)&sample_size, 1, sizeof(int), infile) ||
-		   !fread((void*)&samples, 1, sizeof(int), infile))
+		if(fread((void*)&sample_size, 1, sizeof(int), infile) != sizeof(int) ||
+		   fread((void*)&samples, 1, sizeof(int), infile) != sizeof(int))
 		{
 			fclose(infile);
 			return -1;
diff --git a/tagutils/tagutils-asf.c b/tagutils/tagutils-asf.c
index b64ebbd..687d64d 100644
--- a/tagutils/tagutils-asf.c
+++ b/tagutils/tagutils-asf.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ fget_byte(FILE *fp)
 {
 	uint8_t d;
 
-	if (!fread(&d, sizeof(d), 1, fp))
+	if (fread(&d, sizeof(d), 1, fp) != 1)
 		return 0;
 	return d;
 }
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ fget_le16(FILE *fp)
 {
 	uint16_t d;
 
-	if (!fread(&d, sizeof(d), 1, fp))
+	if (fread(&d, sizeof(d), 1, fp) != 1)
 		return 0;
 	d = le16_to_cpu(d);
 	return d;
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ fget_le32(FILE *fp)
 {
 	uint32_t d;
 
-	if (!fread(&d, sizeof(d), 1, fp))
+	if (fread(&d, sizeof(d), 1, fp) != 1)
 		return 0;
 	d = le32_to_cpu(d);
 	return d;
diff --git a/tagutils/tagutils-wav.c b/tagutils/tagutils-wav.c
index 80c5cdf..22bfb62 100644
--- a/tagutils/tagutils-wav.c
+++ b/tagutils/tagutils-wav.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ _get_wavtags(char *filename, struct song_metadata *psong)
 		{
 			//DEBUG DPRINTF(E_DEBUG,L_SCANNER,"Found 'fmt ' header\n");
 			len = 16;
-			if(!read(fd, fmt, len) || (len != 16))
+			if(read(fd, fmt, len) != len)
 			{
 				close(fd);
 				DPRINTF(E_WARN, L_SCANNER, "Bad .wav file: can't read fmt: %s\n",
diff --git a/tivo_utils.c b/tivo_utils.c
index 9142099..32bcc08 100644
--- a/tivo_utils.c
+++ b/tivo_utils.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ is_tivo_file(const char *path)
 	fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
 	if( !fd )
 		return 0;
-	if( read(fd, buf, 5) < 0 )
+	if( read(fd, buf, 5) < 5 )
 		buf[0] = 'X';
 	close(fd);