diff --git a/src/tests/eina/eina_test_value.c b/src/tests/eina/eina_test_value.c
index 1c8040425c..454aa6011d 100644
--- a/src/tests/eina/eina_test_value.c
+++ b/src/tests/eina/eina_test_value.c
@@ -2314,7 +2314,8 @@ START_TEST(eina_value_test_timeval)
    itv.tv_usec = 123;
    fail_unless(eina_value_set(value, itv));
    fail_unless(eina_value_get(value, &otv));
-   fail_unless(memcmp(&itv, &otv, sizeof(struct timeval)) == 0);
+   fail_unless(itv.tv_sec == otv.tv_sec);
+   fail_unless(itv.tv_usec == otv.tv_usec);
 
    itv.tv_sec = 3;
    itv.tv_usec = -1;
@@ -2322,7 +2323,8 @@ START_TEST(eina_value_test_timeval)
    fail_unless(eina_value_get(value, &otv));
    itv.tv_sec = 2;
    itv.tv_usec = 999999;
-   fail_unless(memcmp(&itv, &otv, sizeof(struct timeval)) == 0);
+   fail_unless(itv.tv_sec == otv.tv_sec);
+   fail_unless(itv.tv_usec == otv.tv_usec);
 
    fail_unless(eina_value_setup(&other, EINA_VALUE_TYPE_CHAR));
    fail_unless(eina_value_convert(value, &other));