diff --git a/src/lib/core/settings.c b/src/lib/core/settings.c
index 79c508674..4f22d0878 100644
--- a/src/lib/core/settings.c
+++ b/src/lib/core/settings.c
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ bt_settings_determine_audiosink_name (const BtSettings * const self,
   }
   if (!element_name) {
     // support running unit tests on virtual machines
-    if (!strcmp (g_getenv ("GSETTINGS_BACKEND"), "memory")) {
+    if (!g_strcmp0 (g_getenv ("GSETTINGS_BACKEND"), "memory")) {
       GST_INFO ("no real audiosink found, falling back to fakesink");
       element_name = g_strdup ("fakesink");
     }