diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index d3282a3def..40534b8f7f 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2021-01-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* compress.c (decompress_contents): Tidy inflateEnd result test.
+
 2021-01-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	PR 26002
diff --git a/bfd/compress.c b/bfd/compress.c
index 4cd9b2e673..2e73c760e7 100644
--- a/bfd/compress.c
+++ b/bfd/compress.c
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@ decompress_contents (bfd_byte *compressed_buffer,
 	break;
       rc = inflateReset (&strm);
     }
-  rc |= inflateEnd (&strm);
-  return rc == Z_OK && strm.avail_out == 0;
+  return inflateEnd (&strm) == Z_OK && rc == Z_OK && strm.avail_out == 0;
 }
 
 /* Compress data of the size specified in @var{uncompressed_size}
diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 0e3ae10c8a..efb86d2d5f 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2021-01-16  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
+
+	* readelf.c (uncompress_section_contents): Tidy inflateEnd result test.
+
 2021-01-15  Alan Modra  <amodra@gmail.com>
 
 	PR 26539
diff --git a/binutils/readelf.c b/binutils/readelf.c
index d828d5636d..5df5108622 100644
--- a/binutils/readelf.c
+++ b/binutils/readelf.c
@@ -14229,8 +14229,8 @@ uncompress_section_contents (unsigned char **   buffer,
         break;
       rc = inflateReset (& strm);
     }
-  rc |= inflateEnd (& strm);
-  if (rc != Z_OK
+  if (inflateEnd (& strm) != Z_OK
+      || rc != Z_OK
       || strm.avail_out != 0)
     goto fail;