diff --git a/e2fsprogs/fsck.c b/e2fsprogs/fsck.c
index f80de8178..8dd9785ee 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/fsck.c
+++ b/e2fsprogs/fsck.c
@@ -349,9 +349,7 @@ static int parse_fstab_line(char *line, struct fs_info **ret_fs)
 
 	*ret_fs = 0;
 	strip_line(line);
-	cp = strchr(line, '#');
-	if (cp)
-		*cp = '\0'; /* Ignore everything after the comment char */
+	*strchrnul(line, '#') = '\0'; /* Ignore everything after comment */
 	cp = line;
 
 	device = parse_word(&cp);
diff --git a/modutils/modprobe.c b/modutils/modprobe.c
index bc2dbd128..f6681a8d8 100644
--- a/modutils/modprobe.c
+++ b/modutils/modprobe.c
@@ -242,11 +242,8 @@ static void include_conf(struct dep_t **first, struct dep_t **current, char *buf
 
 	while (reads(fd, buffer, buflen)) {
 		int l;
-		char *p;
 
-		p = strchr(buffer, '#');
-		if (p)
-			*p = '\0';
+		*strchrnul(buffer, '#') = '\0';
 
 		l = strlen(buffer);
 
diff --git a/networking/inetd.c b/networking/inetd.c
index 5d3774639..a9c9397f5 100644
--- a/networking/inetd.c
+++ b/networking/inetd.c
@@ -554,13 +554,9 @@ static void setup(servtab_t *sep)
 
 static char *nextline(void)
 {
-	char *cp;
-
 	if (fgets(line, LINE_SIZE, fconfig) == NULL)
 		return NULL;
-	cp = strchr(line, '\n');
-	if (cp)
-		*cp = '\0';
+	*strchrnul(line, '\n') = '\0';
 	return line;
 }
 
diff --git a/networking/udhcp/files.c b/networking/udhcp/files.c
index 63c90647d..491b8871e 100644
--- a/networking/udhcp/files.c
+++ b/networking/udhcp/files.c
@@ -332,14 +332,12 @@ int read_config(const char *file)
 
 	while (fgets(buffer, READ_CONFIG_BUF_SIZE, in)) {
 		char debug_orig[READ_CONFIG_BUF_SIZE];
-		char *p;
 
 		lm++;
-		p = strchr(buffer, '\n');
-		if (p) *p = '\0';
-		if (ENABLE_FEATURE_UDHCP_DEBUG) strcpy(debug_orig, buffer);
-		p = strchr(buffer, '#');
-		if (p) *p = '\0';
+		*strchrnul(buffer, '\n') = '\0';
+		if (ENABLE_FEATURE_UDHCP_DEBUG)
+			strcpy(debug_orig, buffer);
+		*strchrnul(buffer, '#') = '\0';
 
 		token = strtok(buffer, " \t");
 		if (!token) continue;
diff --git a/util-linux/mount.c b/util-linux/mount.c
index 1ecdd9529..abf5cd03f 100644
--- a/util-linux/mount.c
+++ b/util-linux/mount.c
@@ -1448,7 +1448,7 @@ static int singlemount(struct mntent *mp, int ignore_busy)
 	// Might this be a virtual filesystem?
 
 	if (ENABLE_FEATURE_MOUNT_HELPERS
-	 && (strchr(mp->mnt_fsname,'#'))
+	 && (strchr(mp->mnt_fsname, '#'))
 	) {
 		char *s, *p, *args[35];
 		int n = 0;