diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/module-plts.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/module-plts.c
index 044c0ae4d6c85eac6db5000facc151b805e4b05e..b182442b87a32fcf4836f2179466c50508a6372d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/module-plts.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/module-plts.c
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ int module_frob_arch_sections(Elf_Ehdr *ehdr, Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
 		/* sort by type, symbol index and addend */
 		sort(rels, numrels, sizeof(Elf64_Rela), cmp_rela, NULL);
 
-		if (strncmp(secstrings + dstsec->sh_name, ".init", 5) != 0)
+		if (!str_has_prefix(secstrings + dstsec->sh_name, ".init"))
 			core_plts += count_plts(syms, rels, numrels,
 						sechdrs[i].sh_info, dstsec);
 		else
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/numa.c b/arch/arm64/mm/numa.c
index 4f241cc7cc3b1262dfe0d083e3dc48468bd62c11..4decf16597008925206085b9e8efacc9ba537a71 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/numa.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/numa.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ static __init int numa_parse_early_param(char *opt)
 {
 	if (!opt)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (!strncmp(opt, "off", 3))
+	if (str_has_prefix(opt, "off"))
 		numa_off = true;
 
 	return 0;