diff --git a/builtin/index-pack.c b/builtin/index-pack.c
index edcb0a3dca..2004e25da2 100644
--- a/builtin/index-pack.c
+++ b/builtin/index-pack.c
@@ -1166,7 +1166,7 @@ static void parse_pack_objects(unsigned char *hash)
 	/* Check pack integrity */
 	flush();
 	the_hash_algo->final_fn(hash, &input_ctx);
-	if (hashcmp(fill(the_hash_algo->rawsz), hash))
+	if (!hasheq(fill(the_hash_algo->rawsz), hash))
 		die(_("pack is corrupted (SHA1 mismatch)"));
 	use(the_hash_algo->rawsz);
 
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ static void conclude_pack(int fix_thin_pack, const char *curr_pack, unsigned cha
 		fixup_pack_header_footer(output_fd, pack_hash,
 					 curr_pack, nr_objects,
 					 read_hash, consumed_bytes-the_hash_algo->rawsz);
-		if (hashcmp(read_hash, tail_hash) != 0)
+		if (!hasheq(read_hash, tail_hash))
 			die(_("Unexpected tail checksum for %s "
 			      "(disk corruption?)"), curr_pack);
 	}
diff --git a/builtin/show-branch.c b/builtin/show-branch.c
index 5f9432861b..65f4a4c83c 100644
--- a/builtin/show-branch.c
+++ b/builtin/show-branch.c
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ static void snarf_refs(int head, int remotes)
 static int rev_is_head(const char *head, const char *name,
 		       unsigned char *head_sha1, unsigned char *sha1)
 {
-	if (!head || (head_sha1 && sha1 && hashcmp(head_sha1, sha1)))
+	if (!head || (head_sha1 && sha1 && !hasheq(head_sha1, sha1)))
 		return 0;
 	skip_prefix(head, "refs/heads/", &head);
 	if (!skip_prefix(name, "refs/heads/", &name))
diff --git a/builtin/unpack-objects.c b/builtin/unpack-objects.c
index ad438f5b41..80478808b3 100644
--- a/builtin/unpack-objects.c
+++ b/builtin/unpack-objects.c
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ int cmd_unpack_objects(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		if (fsck_finish(&fsck_options))
 			die(_("fsck error in pack objects"));
 	}
-	if (hashcmp(fill(the_hash_algo->rawsz), oid.hash))
+	if (!hasheq(fill(the_hash_algo->rawsz), oid.hash))
 		die("final sha1 did not match");
 	use(the_hash_algo->rawsz);
 
diff --git a/commit-graph.c b/commit-graph.c
index 7aed9f5371..64ce79420d 100644
--- a/commit-graph.c
+++ b/commit-graph.c
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ int verify_commit_graph(struct repository *r, struct commit_graph *g)
 	f = hashfd(devnull, NULL);
 	hashwrite(f, g->data, g->data_len - g->hash_len);
 	finalize_hashfile(f, checksum.hash, CSUM_CLOSE);
-	if (hashcmp(checksum.hash, g->data + g->data_len - g->hash_len)) {
+	if (!hasheq(checksum.hash, g->data + g->data_len - g->hash_len)) {
 		graph_report(_("the commit-graph file has incorrect checksum and is likely corrupt"));
 		verify_commit_graph_error = VERIFY_COMMIT_GRAPH_ERROR_HASH;
 	}
diff --git a/contrib/coccinelle/object_id.cocci b/contrib/coccinelle/object_id.cocci
index 4e1f1a7431..d8bdb48712 100644
--- a/contrib/coccinelle/object_id.cocci
+++ b/contrib/coccinelle/object_id.cocci
@@ -129,3 +129,12 @@ expression E1, E2;
 @@
 - oidcmp(E1, E2) != 0
 + !oideq(E1, E2)
+
+@@
+identifier f != hasheq;
+expression E1, E2;
+@@
+  f(...) {<...
+- hashcmp(E1, E2) != 0
++ !hasheq(E1, E2)
+  ...>}
diff --git a/http-walker.c b/http-walker.c
index 3a8edc7f2f..b3334bf657 100644
--- a/http-walker.c
+++ b/http-walker.c
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ static int fetch_object(struct walker *walker, unsigned char *sha1)
 	} else if (req->zret != Z_STREAM_END) {
 		walker->corrupt_object_found++;
 		ret = error("File %s (%s) corrupt", hex, req->url);
-	} else if (hashcmp(obj_req->oid.hash, req->real_sha1)) {
+	} else if (!hasheq(obj_req->oid.hash, req->real_sha1)) {
 		ret = error("File %s has bad hash", hex);
 	} else if (req->rename < 0) {
 		struct strbuf buf = STRBUF_INIT;
diff --git a/http.c b/http.c
index 4162860ee3..98ff122585 100644
--- a/http.c
+++ b/http.c
@@ -2394,7 +2394,7 @@ int finish_http_object_request(struct http_object_request *freq)
 		unlink_or_warn(freq->tmpfile.buf);
 		return -1;
 	}
-	if (hashcmp(freq->sha1, freq->real_sha1)) {
+	if (!hasheq(freq->sha1, freq->real_sha1)) {
 		unlink_or_warn(freq->tmpfile.buf);
 		return -1;
 	}
diff --git a/pack-check.c b/pack-check.c
index d3a57df34f..fa5f0ff8fa 100644
--- a/pack-check.c
+++ b/pack-check.c
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ static int verify_packfile(struct packed_git *p,
 	} while (offset < pack_sig_ofs);
 	the_hash_algo->final_fn(hash, &ctx);
 	pack_sig = use_pack(p, w_curs, pack_sig_ofs, NULL);
-	if (hashcmp(hash, pack_sig))
+	if (!hasheq(hash, pack_sig))
 		err = error("%s pack checksum mismatch",
 			    p->pack_name);
-	if (hashcmp(index_base + index_size - the_hash_algo->hexsz, pack_sig))
+	if (!hasheq(index_base + index_size - the_hash_algo->hexsz, pack_sig))
 		err = error("%s pack checksum does not match its index",
 			    p->pack_name);
 	unuse_pack(w_curs);
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ int verify_pack_index(struct packed_git *p)
 	the_hash_algo->init_fn(&ctx);
 	the_hash_algo->update_fn(&ctx, index_base, (unsigned int)(index_size - the_hash_algo->rawsz));
 	the_hash_algo->final_fn(hash, &ctx);
-	if (hashcmp(hash, index_base + index_size - the_hash_algo->rawsz))
+	if (!hasheq(hash, index_base + index_size - the_hash_algo->rawsz))
 		err = error("Packfile index for %s hash mismatch",
 			    p->pack_name);
 	return err;
diff --git a/pack-write.c b/pack-write.c
index 7d14716c40..29d17a9bec 100644
--- a/pack-write.c
+++ b/pack-write.c
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ void fixup_pack_header_footer(int pack_fd,
 		if (partial_pack_offset == 0) {
 			unsigned char hash[GIT_MAX_RAWSZ];
 			the_hash_algo->final_fn(hash, &old_hash_ctx);
-			if (hashcmp(hash, partial_pack_hash) != 0)
+			if (!hasheq(hash, partial_pack_hash))
 				die("Unexpected checksum for %s "
 				    "(disk corruption?)", pack_name);
 			/*
diff --git a/packfile.c b/packfile.c
index c2e96293ad..1e9eacd9b3 100644
--- a/packfile.c
+++ b/packfile.c
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ static int open_packed_git_1(struct packed_git *p)
 	if (read_result != hashsz)
 		return error("packfile %s signature is unavailable", p->pack_name);
 	idx_hash = ((unsigned char *)p->index_data) + p->index_size - hashsz * 2;
-	if (hashcmp(hash, idx_hash))
+	if (!hasheq(hash, idx_hash))
 		return error("packfile %s does not match index", p->pack_name);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/read-cache.c b/read-cache.c
index 88bb80326b..421a7f4953 100644
--- a/read-cache.c
+++ b/read-cache.c
@@ -1668,7 +1668,7 @@ static int verify_hdr(struct cache_header *hdr, unsigned long size)
 	the_hash_algo->init_fn(&c);
 	the_hash_algo->update_fn(&c, hdr, size - the_hash_algo->rawsz);
 	the_hash_algo->final_fn(hash, &c);
-	if (hashcmp(hash, (unsigned char *)hdr + size - the_hash_algo->rawsz))
+	if (!hasheq(hash, (unsigned char *)hdr + size - the_hash_algo->rawsz))
 		return error("bad index file sha1 signature");
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -2395,7 +2395,7 @@ static int verify_index_from(const struct index_state *istate, const char *path)
 	if (n != the_hash_algo->rawsz)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (hashcmp(istate->oid.hash, hash))
+	if (!hasheq(istate->oid.hash, hash))
 		goto out;
 
 	close(fd);
diff --git a/sha1-file.c b/sha1-file.c
index cc8a196349..d85f4e93e1 100644
--- a/sha1-file.c
+++ b/sha1-file.c
@@ -2213,7 +2213,7 @@ static int check_stream_sha1(git_zstream *stream,
 	}
 
 	the_hash_algo->final_fn(real_sha1, &c);
-	if (hashcmp(expected_sha1, real_sha1)) {
+	if (!hasheq(expected_sha1, real_sha1)) {
 		error(_("sha1 mismatch for %s (expected %s)"), path,
 		      sha1_to_hex(expected_sha1));
 		return -1;