diff --git a/init/parser.c b/init/parser.c
index 6a22d242d..30fa3de6a 100644
--- a/init/parser.c
+++ b/init/parser.c
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ void queue_all_property_triggers()
             const char* name = act->name + strlen("property:");
             const char* equals = strchr(name, '=');
             if (equals) {
-                char* prop_name[PROP_NAME_MAX + 1];
+                char prop_name[PROP_NAME_MAX + 1];
                 const char* value;
                 int length = equals - name;
                 if (length > PROP_NAME_MAX) {
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ void queue_all_property_triggers()
                     prop_name[length] = 0;
                     
                     /* does the property exist, and match the trigger value? */
-                    value = property_get((const char *)&prop_name[0]);
+                    value = property_get(prop_name);
                     if (value && !strcmp(equals + 1, value)) {
                         action_add_queue_tail(act);
                     }
diff --git a/init/property_service.c b/init/property_service.c
index 0bc623922..48ca3ea33 100644
--- a/init/property_service.c
+++ b/init/property_service.c
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ int property_set(const char *name, const char *value)
         __futex_wake(&pa->serial, INT32_MAX);
     }
     /* If name starts with "net." treat as a DNS property. */
-    if (strncmp("net.", name, sizeof("net.") - 1) == 0)  {
+    if (strncmp("net.", name, strlen("net.")) == 0)  {
         if (strcmp("net.change", name) == 0) {
             return 0;
         }
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ int property_set(const char *name, const char *value)
         */
         property_set("net.change", name);
     } else if (persistent_properties_loaded &&
-            strncmp("persist.", name, sizeof("persist.") - 1) == 0) {
+            strncmp("persist.", name, strlen("persist.")) == 0) {
         /* 
          * Don't write properties to disk until after we have read all default properties
          * to prevent them from being overwritten by default values.
@@ -446,8 +446,7 @@ static void load_persistent_properties()
 
     if (dir) {
         while ((entry = readdir(dir)) != NULL) {
-            if (!strcmp(entry->d_name, ".") || !strcmp(entry->d_name, "..") ||
-                    strncmp("persist.", entry->d_name, sizeof("persist.") - 1))
+            if (strncmp("persist.", entry->d_name, strlen("persist.")))
                 continue;
 #if HAVE_DIRENT_D_TYPE
             if (entry->d_type != DT_REG)