diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_ism_renderer.c b/lib_dec/ivas_ism_renderer.c
index de719d508a949135dfaa0b63f7ff7e76118a5b7c..46dcf6133e2f9c08717f84b1670cbeeaace51883 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_ism_renderer.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_ism_renderer.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ void ivas_ism_renderer_close(
     ISM_RENDERER_HANDLE *hIsmRendererData /* i/o: ISM renderer handle */
 )
 {
-    if ( *hIsmRendererData == NULL || hIsmRendererData == NULL )
+    if ( hIsmRendererData == NULL || *hIsmRendererData == NULL )
     {
         return;
     }
diff --git a/lib_dec/ivas_spar_decoder.c b/lib_dec/ivas_spar_decoder.c
index 77a45ef45bf5d5acb8ccf2efc074c4b96bdd1fae..d52201f95020094e2fbb8b0b833e29c75e3153a8 100644
--- a/lib_dec/ivas_spar_decoder.c
+++ b/lib_dec/ivas_spar_decoder.c
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ void ivas_spar_dec_close(
     const int16_t spar_reconfig_flag /* i  : SPAR reconfiguration flag  */
 )
 {
-    if ( *hSpar == NULL || hSpar == NULL )
+    if ( hSpar == NULL || *hSpar == NULL )
     {
         return;
     }
diff --git a/lib_rend/ivas_crend.c b/lib_rend/ivas_crend.c
index b79d329d9660d2d0bf73de5e43e4b9650482c6b1..3a97128355bd85139f0925771b81eb90b75d2876 100644
--- a/lib_rend/ivas_crend.c
+++ b/lib_rend/ivas_crend.c
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ static void ivas_hrtf_close(
     HRTFS_HANDLE *hHrtf /* i/o: HRTF handle         */
 )
 {
-    if ( *hHrtf == NULL || hHrtf == NULL )
+    if ( hHrtf == NULL || *hHrtf == NULL )
     {
         return;
     }
diff --git a/lib_rend/ivas_reverb.c b/lib_rend/ivas_reverb.c
index ee9b67c3b27b7307c2ec59a52301c57a68b9e6a4..6f0cc838ab92cfff1c12f4eb7e4f5d3bb529608a 100644
--- a/lib_rend/ivas_reverb.c
+++ b/lib_rend/ivas_reverb.c
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ void ivas_reverb_close(
     hReverb = *hReverb_in;
 
 #ifdef NONBE_FIX_779_ISM_FREE_REVERB_HANDLE
-    if ( *hReverb_in == NULL || hReverb_in == NULL )
+    if ( hReverb_in == NULL || *hReverb_in == NULL )
     {
         return;
     }