diff --git a/include/mbedtls/asn1.h b/include/mbedtls/asn1.h
index adab7a1..44cf94a 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/asn1.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/asn1.h
@@ -130,11 +130,11 @@
  */
 #define MBEDTLS_OID_CMP(oid_str, oid_buf)                                   \
         ( ( MBEDTLS_OID_SIZE(oid_str) != (oid_buf)->len ) ||                \
-          mbedtls_platform_memcmp( (oid_str), (oid_buf)->p, (oid_buf)->len) != 0 )
+          mbedtls_platform_memequal( (oid_str), (oid_buf)->p, (oid_buf)->len) != 0 )
 
 #define MBEDTLS_OID_CMP_RAW(oid_str, oid_buf, oid_buf_len)                  \
         ( ( MBEDTLS_OID_SIZE(oid_str) != (oid_buf_len) ) ||                 \
-          mbedtls_platform_memcmp( (oid_str), (oid_buf), (oid_buf_len) ) != 0 )
+          mbedtls_platform_memequal( (oid_str), (oid_buf), (oid_buf_len) ) != 0 )
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
diff --git a/include/mbedtls/compat-1.3.h b/include/mbedtls/compat-1.3.h
index 6e0fb8d..bd6de87 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/compat-1.3.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/compat-1.3.h
@@ -2231,7 +2231,7 @@
 #define rsa_rsassa_pss_verify_ext mbedtls_rsa_rsassa_pss_verify_ext
 #define rsa_self_test mbedtls_rsa_self_test
 #define rsa_set_padding mbedtls_rsa_set_padding
-#define safer_memcmp mbedtls_platform_memcmp
+#define safer_memcmp mbedtls_platform_memequal
 #define set_alarm mbedtls_set_alarm
 #define sha1 mbedtls_sha1
 #define sha1_context mbedtls_sha1_context
diff --git a/include/mbedtls/platform_util.h b/include/mbedtls/platform_util.h
index 7d16074..81d0f0f 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/platform_util.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/platform_util.h
@@ -215,12 +215,12 @@
 int mbedtls_platform_memmove( void *dst, const void *src, size_t num );
 
 /**
- * \brief       Secure memcmp
+ * \brief       Secure check if the buffers have the same data.
  *
- *              This is a constant-time version of memcmp(). If
- *              MBEDTLS_ENTROPY_HARDWARE_ALT is defined, the order is also
- *              randomised using the hardware RNG in order to further harden
- *              against side-channel attacks.
+ *              This is a constant-time version of memcmp(), but without checking
+ *              if the bytes are greater or lower. If MBEDTLS_ENTROPY_HARDWARE_ALT
+ *              is defined, the order is also randomised using the hardware RNG in
+ *              order to further harden against side-channel attacks.
  *
  * \param buf1  First buffer to compare.
  * \param buf2  Second buffer to compare against.
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
  * \return      0 if the buffers were equal or an unspecified non-zero value
  *              otherwise.
  */
-int mbedtls_platform_memcmp( const void *buf1, const void *buf2, size_t num );
+int mbedtls_platform_memequal( const void *buf1, const void *buf2, size_t num );
 
 /**
  * \brief       RNG-function for getting a random 32-bit integer.