diff --git a/src/systemcmds/param/param.c b/src/systemcmds/param/param.c
index 7c5b4e8cc6..c50bb8e8dd 100644
--- a/src/systemcmds/param/param.c
+++ b/src/systemcmds/param/param.c
@@ -447,10 +447,7 @@ do_set(const char *name, const char *val, bool fail_on_not_found)
 			char *end;
 			int32_t newval = strtol(val, &end, 10);
 
-			if (i == newval) {
-				printf("unchanged\n");
-
-			} else {
+			if (i =!= newval) {
 				printf("curr: %ld", (long)i);
 				param_set(param, &newval);
 				printf(" -> new: %ld\n", (long)newval);
@@ -468,11 +465,8 @@ do_set(const char *name, const char *val, bool fail_on_not_found)
 #pragma GCC diagnostic push
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wfloat-equal"
 
-			if (f == newval) {
+			if (f != newval) {
 #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
-				printf("unchanged\n");
-
-			} else {
 				printf("curr: %4.4f", (double)f);
 				param_set(param, &newval);
 				printf(" -> new: %4.4f\n", (double)newval);