diff --git a/dlls/shell32/tests/shelllink.c b/dlls/shell32/tests/shelllink.c
index 47aa6595a69..83aae3f7fb9 100644
--- a/dlls/shell32/tests/shelllink.c
+++ b/dlls/shell32/tests/shelllink.c
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ static void test_get_set(void)
     r = CoCreateInstance(&CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
                          &IID_IShellLinkA, (LPVOID*)&sl);
     ok(SUCCEEDED(r), "no IID_IShellLinkA (0x%08x)\n", r);
-    if (!SUCCEEDED(r))
+    if (FAILED(r))
         return;
 
     /* Test Getting / Setting the description */
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ void create_lnk_(int line, const WCHAR* path, lnk_desc_t* desc, int save_fails)
     r = CoCreateInstance(&CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
                          &IID_IShellLinkA, (LPVOID*)&sl);
     lok(SUCCEEDED(r), "no IID_IShellLinkA (0x%08x)\n", r);
-    if (!SUCCEEDED(r))
+    if (FAILED(r))
         return;
 
     if (desc->description)
@@ -404,12 +404,12 @@ static void check_lnk_(int line, const WCHAR* path, lnk_desc_t* desc, int todo)
     r = CoCreateInstance(&CLSID_ShellLink, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
                          &IID_IShellLinkA, (LPVOID*)&sl);
     lok(SUCCEEDED(r), "no IID_IShellLinkA (0x%08x)\n", r);
-    if (!SUCCEEDED(r))
+    if (FAILED(r))
         return;
 
     r = IShellLinkA_QueryInterface(sl, &IID_IPersistFile, (LPVOID*)&pf);
     lok(SUCCEEDED(r), "no IID_IPersistFile (0x%08x)\n", r);
-    if (!SUCCEEDED(r))
+    if (FAILED(r))
     {
         IShellLinkA_Release(sl);
         return;
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ static void check_lnk_(int line, const WCHAR* path, lnk_desc_t* desc, int todo)
     r = IPersistFile_Load(pf, path, STGM_READ);
     lok(SUCCEEDED(r), "load failed (0x%08x)\n", r);
     IPersistFile_Release(pf);
-    if (!SUCCEEDED(r))
+    if (FAILED(r))
     {
         IShellLinkA_Release(sl);
         return;
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ START_TEST(shelllink)
 
     r = CoInitialize(NULL);
     ok(SUCCEEDED(r), "CoInitialize failed (0x%08x)\n", r);
-    if (!SUCCEEDED(r))
+    if (FAILED(r))
         return;
 
     test_get_set();
diff --git a/dlls/shell32/tests/shlexec.c b/dlls/shell32/tests/shlexec.c
index 5eed12b2b17..3c62ac2148a 100644
--- a/dlls/shell32/tests/shlexec.c
+++ b/dlls/shell32/tests/shlexec.c
@@ -1505,7 +1505,7 @@ static void init_test(void)
 
     r = CoInitialize(NULL);
     ok(SUCCEEDED(r), "CoInitialize failed (0x%08x)\n", r);
-    if (!SUCCEEDED(r))
+    if (FAILED(r))
         exit(1);
 
     rc=GetModuleFileName(NULL, argv0, sizeof(argv0));
diff --git a/dlls/shell32/tests/shlfileop.c b/dlls/shell32/tests/shlfileop.c
index a4d25591529..11cc61206e4 100644
--- a/dlls/shell32/tests/shlfileop.c
+++ b/dlls/shell32/tests/shlfileop.c
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ static void test_get_file_info_iconlist(void)
     SHFILEINFOW shInfow;
 
     hr = SHGetSpecialFolderLocation(NULL, CSIDL_DESKTOP, &pidList);
-    if (!SUCCEEDED(hr)) {
+    if (FAILED(hr)) {
          skip("can't get desktop pidl\n");
          return;
     }
diff --git a/dlls/shell32/tests/shlfolder.c b/dlls/shell32/tests/shlfolder.c
index a5fff49bbbf..30768b035df 100644
--- a/dlls/shell32/tests/shlfolder.c
+++ b/dlls/shell32/tests/shlfolder.c
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ static void testSHGetFolderPathAndSubDirA(void)
         skip("SHGetFolderPathA not present!\n");
         return;
     }
-    if(!SUCCEEDED(pSHGetFolderPathA(NULL, CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA, NULL, SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT, appdata)))
+    if(FAILED(pSHGetFolderPathA(NULL, CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA, NULL, SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT, appdata)))
     {
         skip("SHGetFolderPathA failed for CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA!\n");
         return;