diff --git a/src/shared/hfp.c b/src/shared/hfp.c
index 5a91d12..ead082e 100644
--- a/src/shared/hfp.c
+++ b/src/shared/hfp.c
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ static bool match_handler_event_prefix(const void *a, const void *b)
 	const struct event_handler *handler = a;
 	const char *prefix = b;
 
-	if (memcmp(handler->prefix, prefix, strlen(prefix)))
+	if (strcmp(handler->prefix, prefix) != 0)
 		return false;
 
 	return true;