diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index 6016eb3..461fb62 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -400,6 +400,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strncmp);
  * strchr - Find the first occurrence of a character in a string
  * @s: The string to be searched
  * @c: The character to search for
+ *
+ * Note that the %NUL-terminator is considered part of the string, and can
+ * be searched for.
  */
 char *strchr(const char *s, int c)
 {
@@ -453,12 +456,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(strrchr);
  * @s: The string to be searched
  * @count: The number of characters to be searched
  * @c: The character to search for
+ *
+ * Note that the %NUL-terminator is considered part of the string, and can
+ * be searched for.
  */
 char *strnchr(const char *s, size_t count, int c)
 {
-	for (; count-- && *s != '\0'; ++s)
+	while (count--) {
 		if (*s == (char)c)
 			return (char *)s;
+		if (*s++ == '\0')
+			break;
+	}
 	return NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(strnchr);