diff --git a/coreutils/mknod.c b/coreutils/mknod.c
index ee539e3..55f5310 100644
--- a/coreutils/mknod.c
+++ b/coreutils/mknod.c
@@ -28,23 +28,29 @@
 	argv += optind;
 	argc -= optind;
 
-	if ((argc >= 2) && ((name = strchr(modes_chars, argv[1][0])) != NULL)) {
-		mode |= modes_cubp[(int)(name[4])];
+	if (argc >= 2) {
+		name = strchr(modes_chars, argv[1][0]);
+		if (name != NULL) {
+			mode |= modes_cubp[(int)(name[4])];
 
-		dev = 0;
-		if ((*name != 'p') && ((argc -= 2) == 2)) {
-			/* Autodetect what the system supports; these macros should
-			 * optimize out to two constants. */
-			dev = makedev(xatoul_range(argv[2], 0, major(UINT_MAX)),
-			              xatoul_range(argv[3], 0, minor(UINT_MAX)));
-		}
-
-		if (argc == 2) {
-			name = *argv;
-			if (mknod(name, mode, dev) == 0) {
-				return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+			dev = 0;
+			if (*name != 'p') {
+				argc -= 2;
+				if (argc == 2) {
+					/* Autodetect what the system supports; these macros should
+					 * optimize out to two constants. */
+					dev = makedev(xatoul_range(argv[2], 0, major(UINT_MAX)),
+					              xatoul_range(argv[3], 0, minor(UINT_MAX)));
+				}
 			}
-			bb_simple_perror_msg_and_die(name);
+
+			if (argc == 2) {
+				name = *argv;
+				if (mknod(name, mode, dev) == 0) {
+					return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+				}
+				bb_simple_perror_msg_and_die(name);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	bb_show_usage();
diff --git a/editors/diff.c b/editors/diff.c
index c158c87..64b7daa 100644
--- a/editors/diff.c
+++ b/editors/diff.c
@@ -588,7 +588,9 @@
 			while (1) {
 				ctold++;
 				ctnew++;
-				if ((c = getc(f1)) != (d = getc(f2))) {
+				c = getc(f1);
+				d = getc(f2);
+				if (c != d) {
 					J[i] = 0;
 					if (c != '\n' && c != EOF)
 						ctold += skipline(f1);
@@ -668,7 +670,8 @@
 		}
 		col = 0;
 		for (j = 0, lastc = '\0'; j < nc; j++, lastc = c) {
-			if ((c = getc(lb)) == EOF) {
+			c = getc(lb);
+			if (c == EOF) {
 				printf("\n\\ No newline at end of file\n");
 				return;
 			}
diff --git a/init/init.c b/init/init.c
index 409e8c4..4b543a4 100644
--- a/init/init.c
+++ b/init/init.c
@@ -369,7 +369,8 @@
 	if (a->action & (SYSINIT | WAIT | CTRLALTDEL | SHUTDOWN | RESTART)) {
 
 		/* Now fork off another process to just hang around */
-		if ((pid = fork()) < 0) {
+		pid = fork();
+		if (pid) {
 			message(L_LOG | L_CONSOLE, "Can't fork");
 			_exit(1);
 		}
@@ -388,7 +389,8 @@
 				_exit(0);
 
 			/* Use a temporary process to steal the controlling tty. */
-			if ((pid = fork()) < 0) {
+			pid = fork();
+			if (pid < 0) {
 				message(L_LOG | L_CONSOLE, "Can't fork");
 				_exit(1);
 			}
diff --git a/libbb/device_open.c b/libbb/device_open.c
index 2b35ad8..6907e98 100644
--- a/libbb/device_open.c
+++ b/libbb/device_open.c
@@ -12,15 +12,17 @@
 /* try to open up the specified device */
 int device_open(const char *device, int mode)
 {
-	int m, f, fd = -1;
+	int m, f, fd;
 
 	m = mode | O_NONBLOCK;
 
 	/* Retry up to 5 times */
 	/* TODO: explain why it can't be considered insane */
-	for (f = 0; f < 5; f++)
-		if ((fd = open(device, m, 0600)) >= 0)
+	for (f = 0; f < 5; f++) {
+		fd = open(device, m, 0600);
+		if (fd >= 0)
 			break;
+	}
 	if (fd < 0)
 		return fd;
 	/* Reset original flags. */
diff --git a/libbb/dump.c b/libbb/dump.c
index 829050d..71e35c6 100644
--- a/libbb/dump.c
+++ b/libbb/dump.c
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@
 				prec = atoi(fmt);
 				while (isdigit(*++fmt));
 			}
-			if (!(p = strchr(size_conv_str + 12, *fmt))) {
+			p = strchr(size_conv_str + 12, *fmt);
+			if (!p) {
 				if (*fmt == 's') {
 					bcnt += prec;
 				} else if (*fmt == '_') {
@@ -162,7 +163,8 @@
 			DO_INT_CONV:
 				{
 					const char *e;
-					if (!(e = strchr(lcc, *p1))) {
+					e = strchr(lcc, *p1);
+					if (!e) {
 						goto DO_BAD_CONV_CHAR;
 					}
 					pr->flags = F_INT;
diff --git a/libbb/obscure.c b/libbb/obscure.c
index 2599095..5cc9062 100644
--- a/libbb/obscure.c
+++ b/libbb/obscure.c
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@
 		c = 0;
 		p = new_p;
 		while (1) {
-			if ((p = strchr(p, new_p[i])) == NULL) {
+			p = strchr(p, new_p[i]);
+			if (p == NULL) {
 				break;
 			}
 			c++;
diff --git a/loginutils/getty.c b/loginutils/getty.c
index bc735d0..d32d189 100644
--- a/loginutils/getty.c
+++ b/loginutils/getty.c
@@ -166,8 +166,10 @@
 
 	debug("entered parse_speeds\n");
 	for (cp = strtok(arg, ","); cp != 0; cp = strtok((char *) 0, ",")) {
-		if ((op->speeds[op->numspeed++] = bcode(cp)) <= 0)
+		op->speeds[op->numspeed] = bcode(cp);
+		if (op->speeds[op->numspeed] <= 0)
 			bb_error_msg_and_die("bad speed: %s", cp);
+		op->numspeed++;
 		if (op->numspeed > MAX_SPEED)
 			bb_error_msg_and_die("too many alternate speeds");
 	}
diff --git a/miscutils/devfsd.c b/miscutils/devfsd.c
index cd94869..9990142 100644
--- a/miscutils/devfsd.c
+++ b/miscutils/devfsd.c
@@ -465,7 +465,8 @@
 			free(p);
 			return;
 		}
-		if ((fp = fopen(path, "r")) != NULL) {
+		fp = fopen(path, "r");
+		if (fp != NULL) {
 			while (fgets(buf, STRING_LENGTH, fp) != NULL) {
 				/*  Skip whitespace  */
 				line = buf;
@@ -560,7 +561,8 @@
 		case 4:	/* "PERMISSIONS" */
 			new->action.what = AC_PERMISSIONS;
 			/*  Get user and group  */
-			if ((ptr = strchr(p[0], '.')) == NULL) {
+			ptr = strchr(p[0], '.');
+			if (ptr == NULL) {
 				msg = "UID.GID";
 				goto process_config_line_err; /*"missing '.' in UID.GID"*/
 			}
@@ -979,8 +981,9 @@
 	if ((source_stat->st_mode & S_IFMT) ==(dest_stat->st_mode & S_IFMT)) {
 		/*  Same type  */
 		if (S_ISLNK(source_stat->st_mode)) {
-			if ((source_len = readlink(sourcepath, source_link, STRING_LENGTH - 1)) < 0
-				|| (dest_len   = readlink(destpath  , dest_link  , STRING_LENGTH - 1)) < 0
+			source_len = readlink(sourcepath, source_link, STRING_LENGTH - 1);
+			if ((source_len < 0)
+			 || (dest_len = readlink(destpath, dest_link, STRING_LENGTH - 1)) < 0
 			)
 				return FALSE;
 			source_link[source_len]	= '\0';
@@ -999,7 +1002,8 @@
 	unlink(destpath);
 	switch (source_stat->st_mode & S_IFMT) {
 		case S_IFSOCK:
-			if ((fd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0)
+			fd = socket(AF_UNIX, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+			if (fd < 0)
 				break;
 			un_addr.sun_family = AF_UNIX;
 			snprintf(un_addr.sun_path, sizeof(un_addr.sun_path), "%s", destpath);
@@ -1009,14 +1013,16 @@
 				break;
 			goto do_chown;
 		case S_IFLNK:
-			if ((val = readlink(sourcepath, symlink_val, STRING_LENGTH - 1)) < 0)
+			val = readlink(sourcepath, symlink_val, STRING_LENGTH - 1);
+			if (val < 0)
 				break;
 			symlink_val[val] = '\0';
 			if (symlink(symlink_val, destpath) == 0)
 				return TRUE;
 			break;
 		case S_IFREG:
-			if ((fd = open(destpath, O_RDONLY | O_CREAT, new_mode & ~S_IFMT)) < 0)
+			fd = open(destpath, O_RDONLY | O_CREAT, new_mode & ~S_IFMT);
+			if (fd < 0)
 				break;
 			close(fd);
 			if (chmod(destpath, new_mode & ~S_IFMT) != 0)
@@ -1082,7 +1088,7 @@
 	if (isdigit(string[0]) ||((string[0] == '-') && isdigit(string[1])))
 		return atoi(string);
 
-	if (flag == UID && (pw_ent  = getpwnam(string)) != NULL)
+	if (flag == UID && (pw_ent = getpwnam(string)) != NULL)
 		return pw_ent->pw_uid;
 
 	if (flag == GID && (grp_ent = getgrnam(string)) != NULL)
@@ -1197,7 +1203,8 @@
 	struct dirent *de;
 	char *path;
 
-	if ((dp = warn_opendir(dir_name)) == NULL)
+	dp = warn_opendir(dir_name);
+	if (dp == NULL)
 		return;
 
 	while ((de = readdir(dp)) != NULL) {
@@ -1581,7 +1588,8 @@
 				ch = input[1];
 				if (isspace(ch) ||(ch == '/') ||(ch == '\0')) {
 					/* User's own home directory: leave separator for next time */
-					if ((env = getenv("HOME")) == NULL) {
+					env = getenv("HOME");
+					if (env == NULL) {
 						info_logger(LOG_INFO, bb_msg_variable_not_found, "HOME");
 						return FALSE;
 					}
@@ -1600,7 +1608,8 @@
 					goto st_expr_expand_out;
 				safe_memcpy(tmp, input, len);
 				input = ptr - 1;
-				if ((pwent = getpwnam(tmp)) == NULL) {
+				pwent = getpwnam(tmp);
+				if (pwent == NULL) {
 					info_logger(LOG_INFO, "no pwent for: %s", tmp);
 					return FALSE;
 				}
@@ -1680,7 +1689,8 @@
 
 		safe_memcpy(tmp, input, len);
 		input = ptr - 1;
-		if ((env = get_variable_v2(tmp, func, info)) == NULL) {
+		env = get_variable_v2(tmp, func, info);
+		if (env == NULL) {
 			info_logger(LOG_INFO, bb_msg_variable_not_found, tmp);
 			return NULL;
 		}
@@ -1740,7 +1750,8 @@
 	}
 	--ptr;
 	/*  At this point ptr should point to closing brace of "${var:-word}"  */
-	if ((env = get_variable_v2(tmp, func, info)) != NULL) {
+	env = get_variable_v2(tmp, func, info);
+	if (env != NULL) {
 		/*  Found environment variable, so skip the input to the closing brace
 			and return the variable  */
 		input = ptr;
diff --git a/miscutils/hdparm.c b/miscutils/hdparm.c
index 93b1aac..03a30e6 100644
--- a/miscutils/hdparm.c
+++ b/miscutils/hdparm.c
@@ -1111,7 +1111,8 @@
 	/* reset result */
 	jj = val[HWRST_RSLT];
 	if ((jj & VALID) == VALID_VAL) {
-		if (!(oo = (jj & RST0)))
+		oo = (jj & RST0);
+		if (!oo)
 			jj >>= 8;
 		if ((jj & DEV_DET) == JUMPER_VAL)
 			strng = " determined by the jumper";
diff --git a/miscutils/readahead.c b/miscutils/readahead.c
index 647eb31..7b375cf 100644
--- a/miscutils/readahead.c
+++ b/miscutils/readahead.c
@@ -15,17 +15,15 @@
 int readahead_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
 int readahead_main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
-	FILE *f;
 	int retval = EXIT_SUCCESS;
 
 	if (argc == 1) bb_show_usage();
 
 	while (*++argv) {
-		if ((f = fopen_or_warn(*argv, "r")) != NULL) {
-			int r, fd=fileno(f);
-
-			r = readahead(fd, 0, fdlength(fd));
-			fclose(f);
+		int fd = open_or_warn(*argv, O_RDONLY);
+		if (fd >= 0) {
+			int r = readahead(fd, 0, fdlength(fd));
+			close(fd);
 			if (r >= 0) continue;
 		}
 		retval = EXIT_FAILURE;
diff --git a/runit/runit_lib.c b/runit/runit_lib.c
index 2ed9054..bedd540 100644
--- a/runit/runit_lib.c
+++ b/runit/runit_lib.c
@@ -233,19 +233,23 @@
 		if (!c) return !len;
 		switch (c) {
 		case '*':
-			if (!(c = *p)) return 1;
+			c = *p;
+			if (!c) return 1;
 			for (;;) {
 				if (!len) return 0;
 				if (*s == c) break;
-				++s; --len;
+				++s;
+				--len;
 			}
 			continue;
 		case '+':
-			if ((c = *p++) != *s) return 0;
+			c = *p++;
+			if (c != *s) return 0;
 			for (;;) {
 				if (!len) return 1;
 				if (*s != c) break;
-				++s; --len;
+				++s;
+				--len;
 			}
 			continue;
 			/*
@@ -260,7 +264,8 @@
 		default:
 			if (!len) return 0;
 			if (*s != c) return 0;
-			++s; --len;
+			++s;
+			--len;
 			continue;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/util-linux/dmesg.c b/util-linux/dmesg.c
index 1adb0fc..90b327b 100644
--- a/util-linux/dmesg.c
+++ b/util-linux/dmesg.c
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 
 		len = (flags & 2) ? xatoul_range(size, 2, INT_MAX) : 16384;
 		buf = xmalloc(len);
-		if (0 > (len = klogctl(3 + (flags & 1), buf, len)))
+		len = klogctl(3 + (flags & 1), buf, len);
+		if (len < 0)
 			bb_perror_msg_and_die("klogctl");
 
 		// Skip <#> at the start of lines, and make sure we end with a newline.
diff --git a/util-linux/fbset.c b/util-linux/fbset.c
index f67a283..d616abd 100644
--- a/util-linux/fbset.c
+++ b/util-linux/fbset.c
@@ -181,10 +181,11 @@
 	f = xfopen(fn, "r");
 	while (!feof(f)) {
 		fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), f);
-		if (!(p = strstr(buf, "mode ")) && !(p = strstr(buf, "mode\t")))
+		p = strstr(buf, "mode ");
+		if (!p && !(p = strstr(buf, "mode\t")))
 			continue;
-		p += 5;
-		if (!(p = strstr(buf, mode)))
+		p = strstr(p + 5, mode);
+		if (!p)
 			continue;
 		p += strlen(mode);
 		if (!isspace(*p) && (*p != 0) && (*p != '"')
@@ -193,7 +194,8 @@
 
 		while (!feof(f)) {
 			fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), f);
-			if ((p = strstr(buf, "geometry "))) {
+			p = strstr(buf, "geometry ");
+			if (p) {
 				p += 9;
 				/* FIXME: catastrophic on arches with 64bit ints */
 				sscanf(p, "%d %d %d %d %d",
diff --git a/util-linux/fdisk.c b/util-linux/fdisk.c
index 01c01bd..3b60847 100644
--- a/util-linux/fdisk.c
+++ b/util-linux/fdisk.c
@@ -1837,7 +1837,8 @@
 			last_p_start_pos = 0;
 		}
 		pe = &ptes[i];
-		if ((p = pe->part_table)->sys_ind) {
+		p = pe->part_table;
+		if (p->sys_ind) {
 			p_start_pos = get_partition_start(pe);
 
 			if (last_p_start_pos > p_start_pos) {