diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_alloc.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_alloc.c
index c9e77cdc4b..58aa131ddc 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_alloc.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore/ecore_alloc.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ ecore_mempool_init(void)
         mempool_array[i]->mp = eina_mempool_add(choice, mempool_array[i]->name, NULL, mempool_array[i]->size, 16);
         if (!mempool_array[i]->mp)
           {
-             if (!strcmp(choice, "pass_through"))
+             if (!(!strcmp(choice, "pass_through")))
                {
                   ERR("Falling back to pass through ! Previously tried '%s' mempool.", choice);
                   choice = "pass_through";
diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con_alloc.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con_alloc.c
index 68f24ccb32..324d47d100 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con_alloc.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con_alloc.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ ecore_con_mempool_init(void)
         mempool_array[i]->mp = eina_mempool_add(choice, mempool_array[i]->name, NULL, mempool_array[i]->size, 16);
         if (!mempool_array[i]->mp)
           {
-             if (strcmp(choice, "pass_through") != 0)
+             if (!(!strcmp(choice, "pass_through")))
                {
                   ERR("Falling back to pass through ! Previously tried '%s' mempool.", choice);
                   choice = "pass_through";