diff --git a/src/filesystem/posix/SDL_sysfsops.c b/src/filesystem/posix/SDL_sysfsops.c
index 015b8d4b5a..127ef0f86c 100644
--- a/src/filesystem/posix/SDL_sysfsops.c
+++ b/src/filesystem/posix/SDL_sysfsops.c
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ bool SDL_SYS_EnumerateDirectory(const char *path, SDL_EnumerateDirectoryCallback
 
     // trim down to a single path separator at the end, in case the caller added one or more.
     pathwithseplen--;
-    while ((pathwithseplen >= 0) && (pathwithsep[pathwithseplen] == '/')) {
+    while ((pathwithseplen > 0) && (pathwithsep[pathwithseplen] == '/')) {
         pathwithsep[pathwithseplen--] = '\0';
     }
 
diff --git a/src/filesystem/windows/SDL_sysfsops.c b/src/filesystem/windows/SDL_sysfsops.c
index 9c48ba957b..a6f99973ed 100644
--- a/src/filesystem/windows/SDL_sysfsops.c
+++ b/src/filesystem/windows/SDL_sysfsops.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ bool SDL_SYS_EnumerateDirectory(const char *path, SDL_EnumerateDirectoryCallback
 
         // trim down to a single path separator at the end, in case the caller added one or more.
         patternlen--;
-        while ((patternlen >= 0) && ((pattern[patternlen] == '\\') || (pattern[patternlen] == '/'))) {
+        while ((patternlen > 0) && ((pattern[patternlen] == '\\') || (pattern[patternlen] == '/'))) {
             pattern[patternlen--] ='\0';
         }
         pattern[++patternlen] = '\\';