diff --git a/hypervisor/src/mshv/mod.rs b/hypervisor/src/mshv/mod.rs
index 725dfc347..6684838b6 100644
--- a/hypervisor/src/mshv/mod.rs
+++ b/hypervisor/src/mshv/mod.rs
@@ -1813,7 +1813,7 @@ impl vm::Vm for MshvVm {
                     MSHV_VP_MMAP_OFFSET_GHCB as i64 * libc::sysconf(libc::_SC_PAGE_SIZE),
                 )
             };
-            if addr == libc::MAP_FAILED {
+            if std::ptr::eq(addr, libc::MAP_FAILED) {
                 // No point of continuing, without this mmap VMGEXIT will fail anyway
                 // Return error
                 return Err(vm::HypervisorVmError::MmapToRoot);
diff --git a/pci/src/vfio.rs b/pci/src/vfio.rs
index bad337f1e..4cf99de63 100644
--- a/pci/src/vfio.rs
+++ b/pci/src/vfio.rs
@@ -1613,7 +1613,7 @@ impl VfioPciDevice {
                         )
                     };
 
-                    if host_addr == libc::MAP_FAILED {
+                    if std::ptr::eq(host_addr, libc::MAP_FAILED) {
                         error!(
                             "Could not mmap sparse area (offset = 0x{:x}, size = 0x{:x}): {}",
                             area.offset,
diff --git a/pci/src/vfio_user.rs b/pci/src/vfio_user.rs
index cde2aec08..b0e41a02c 100644
--- a/pci/src/vfio_user.rs
+++ b/pci/src/vfio_user.rs
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ impl VfioUserPciDevice {
                         )
                     };
 
-                    if host_addr == libc::MAP_FAILED {
+                    if std::ptr::eq(host_addr, libc::MAP_FAILED) {
                         error!(
                             "Could not mmap regions, error:{}",
                             std::io::Error::last_os_error()