diff --git a/src/env.cpp b/src/env.cpp
index 7fbac6d9a..13f694c0e 100644
--- a/src/env.cpp
+++ b/src/env.cpp
@@ -548,8 +548,8 @@ static bool initialize_curses_using_fallback(const char *term) {
     auto term_var = env_get(L"TERM");
     if (term_var.missing_or_empty()) return false;
 
-    const char *term_env = wcs2str(term_var->as_string());
-    if (!strcmp(term_env, DEFAULT_TERM1) || !strcmp(term_env, DEFAULT_TERM2)) return false;
+    auto term_env = wcs2string(term_var->as_string());
+    if (term_env != DEFAULT_TERM1 || term_env != DEFAULT_TERM2) return false;
 
     if (is_interactive_session) debug(1, _(L"Using fallback terminal type '%s'."), term);