diff --git a/bin/ed/cbc.c b/bin/ed/cbc.c
index 31838f5e6663..80ed95a5ebf9 100644
--- a/bin/ed/cbc.c
+++ b/bin/ed/cbc.c
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ expand_des_key(char *obuf, char *kbuf)
 		/*
 		 * now translate it, bombing on any illegal hex digit
 		 */
-		for (i = 0; kbuf[i] && i < 16; i++)
+		for (i = 0; i < 16 && kbuf[i]; i++)
 			if ((nbuf[i] = hex_to_binary((int) kbuf[i], 16)) == -1)
 				des_error("bad hex digit in key");
 		while (i < 16)
diff --git a/libexec/rtld-elf/libmap.c b/libexec/rtld-elf/libmap.c
index 8b5faf889edf..691ad5206d0a 100644
--- a/libexec/rtld-elf/libmap.c
+++ b/libexec/rtld-elf/libmap.c
@@ -216,14 +216,14 @@ lmc_parse(char *lm_p, size_t lm_len)
 	p = NULL;
 	while (cnt < lm_len) {
 		i = 0;
-		while (lm_p[cnt] != '\n' && cnt < lm_len &&
+		while (cnt < lm_len && lm_p[cnt] != '\n' &&
 		    i < sizeof(line) - 1) {
 			line[i] = lm_p[cnt];
 			cnt++;
 			i++;
 		}
 		line[i] = '\0';
-		while (lm_p[cnt] != '\n' && cnt < lm_len)
+		while (cnt < lm_len && lm_p[cnt] != '\n')
 			cnt++;
 		/* skip over nl */
 		cnt++;
diff --git a/usr.bin/mail/edit.c b/usr.bin/mail/edit.c
index ad8aa535dec7..f9e974da20f7 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mail/edit.c
+++ b/usr.bin/mail/edit.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ edit1(int *msgvec, int type)
 	/*
 	 * Deal with each message to be edited . . .
 	 */
-	for (i = 0; msgvec[i] && i < msgCount; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < msgCount && msgvec[i]; i++) {
 		sig_t sigint;
 
 		if (i > 0) {