diff --git a/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c b/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
index c69da93ece..ca60e7c849 100644
--- a/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
+++ b/builtin/fsmonitor--daemon.c
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ static int fsmonitor_run_daemon_1(struct fsmonitor_daemon_state *state)
 	 * events.
 	 */
 	if (pthread_create(&state->listener_thread, NULL,
-			   fsm_listen__thread_proc, state) < 0) {
+			   fsm_listen__thread_proc, state)) {
 		ipc_server_stop_async(state->ipc_server_data);
 		err = error(_("could not start fsmonitor listener thread"));
 		goto cleanup;
@@ -1219,7 +1219,7 @@ static int fsmonitor_run_daemon_1(struct fsmonitor_daemon_state *state)
 	 * Start the health thread to watch over our process.
 	 */
 	if (pthread_create(&state->health_thread, NULL,
-			   fsm_health__thread_proc, state) < 0) {
+			   fsm_health__thread_proc, state)) {
 		ipc_server_stop_async(state->ipc_server_data);
 		err = error(_("could not start fsmonitor health thread"));
 		goto cleanup;
diff --git a/run-command.c b/run-command.c
index 5ec3a46dcc..14040f0276 100644
--- a/run-command.c
+++ b/run-command.c
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@ static void *run_thread(void *data)
 		sigset_t mask;
 		sigemptyset(&mask);
 		sigaddset(&mask, SIGPIPE);
-		if (pthread_sigmask(SIG_BLOCK, &mask, NULL) < 0) {
+		if (pthread_sigmask(SIG_BLOCK, &mask, NULL)) {
 			ret = error("unable to block SIGPIPE in async thread");
 			return (void *)ret;
 		}