diff --git a/src/directory.cpp b/src/directory.cpp
index 576a460..bc5f62d 100644
--- a/src/directory.cpp
+++ b/src/directory.cpp
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ system::error_code dir_itr_increment(dir_itr_imp& imp, fs::path& filename, fs::f
                 if (!NT_SUCCESS(status))
                 {
                     dir_itr_close(imp);
-                    if (status == STATUS_NO_MORE_FILES)
+                    if (BOOST_NTSTATUS_EQ(status, STATUS_NO_MORE_FILES))
                         goto done;
 
                     return system::error_code(translate_ntstatus(status), system::system_category());
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ system::error_code dir_itr_create(boost::intrusive_ptr< detail::dir_itr_imp >& i
                 // causes a ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND error returned from FindFirstFileW
                 // (which is presumably equivalent to STATUS_NO_SUCH_FILE) which we
                 // do not consider an error. It is treated as eof instead.
-                if (status == STATUS_NO_MORE_FILES || status == STATUS_NO_SUCH_FILE)
+                if (BOOST_NTSTATUS_EQ(status, STATUS_NO_MORE_FILES) || BOOST_NTSTATUS_EQ(status, STATUS_NO_SUCH_FILE))
                     goto done;
 
                 return error_code(translate_ntstatus(status), system_category());
@@ -1520,7 +1520,7 @@ void recursive_directory_iterator_increment(recursive_directory_iterator& it, sy
                         {
                             symlink_ft = detail::status_by_handle(direntry_handle.get(), dir_it->path(), &ec).type();
                         }
-                        else if (status == STATUS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED)
+                        else if (BOOST_NTSTATUS_EQ(status, STATUS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED))
                         {
                             symlink_ft = dir_it->symlink_file_type(ec);
                         }
@@ -1615,7 +1615,7 @@ void recursive_directory_iterator_increment(recursive_directory_iterator& it, sy
                         {
                             goto get_file_type_by_handle;
                         }
-                        else if (status == STATUS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED)
+                        else if (BOOST_NTSTATUS_EQ(status, STATUS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED))
                         {
                             ft = dir_it->file_type(ec);
                         }
diff --git a/src/error_handling.hpp b/src/error_handling.hpp
index 5f41070..a335756 100644
--- a/src/error_handling.hpp
+++ b/src/error_handling.hpp
@@ -51,11 +51,9 @@ typedef boost::winapi::DWORD_ err_t;
 #define BOOST_ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS boost::winapi::ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS_
 #define BOOST_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED boost::winapi::ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED_
 
-#if defined(__GNUC__)
-// STATUS_* constants defined in ntstatus.h are defined as DWORDs, and NTSTATUS is long. This results
-// in signed/unsigned mismatch warnings emitted by gcc and clang. Consider that a platform bug.
-#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wsign-compare"
-#endif
+// STATUS_* constants defined in ntstatus.h in some SDKs are defined as DWORDs, and NTSTATUS is LONG.
+// This results in signed/unsigned mismatch warnings emitted by gcc and clang. Consider that a platform bug.
+#define BOOST_NTSTATUS_EQ(x, y) static_cast< boost::winapi::ULONG_ >(x) == static_cast< boost::winapi::ULONG_ >(y)
 
 // Note: Legacy MinGW doesn't have ntstatus.h and doesn't define NTSTATUS error codes other than STATUS_SUCCESS.
 #if !defined(NT_SUCCESS)
@@ -177,8 +175,9 @@ inline boost::winapi::DWORD_ translate_ntstatus(boost::winapi::NTSTATUS_ status)
 //! Tests if the NTSTATUS indicates that the file is not found
 inline bool not_found_ntstatus(boost::winapi::NTSTATUS_ status) noexcept
 {
-    return status == STATUS_NO_SUCH_FILE || status == STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND || status == STATUS_OBJECT_PATH_NOT_FOUND ||
-        status == STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_PATH || status == STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME;
+    return BOOST_NTSTATUS_EQ(status, STATUS_NO_SUCH_FILE) || BOOST_NTSTATUS_EQ(status, STATUS_OBJECT_NAME_NOT_FOUND) ||
+        BOOST_NTSTATUS_EQ(status, STATUS_OBJECT_PATH_NOT_FOUND) || BOOST_NTSTATUS_EQ(status, STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_PATH) ||
+        BOOST_NTSTATUS_EQ(status, STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME);
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/operations.cpp b/src/operations.cpp
index e2fa235..3fdbf31 100644
--- a/src/operations.cpp
+++ b/src/operations.cpp
@@ -1559,7 +1559,7 @@ boost::winapi::NTSTATUS_ nt_create_file_handle_at
 {
     NtCreateFile_t* nt_create_file = filesystem::detail::atomic_load_relaxed(nt_create_file_api);
     if (BOOST_UNLIKELY(!nt_create_file))
-        return STATUS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED;
+        return static_cast< boost::winapi::NTSTATUS_ >(STATUS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED);
 
     unicode_string obj_name = {};
     obj_name.Buffer = const_cast< wchar_t* >(p.c_str());
@@ -1591,7 +1591,7 @@ boost::winapi::NTSTATUS_ nt_create_file_handle_at
         0u // EaLength
     );
 
-    if (BOOST_UNLIKELY(status == STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER && (obj_attrs.Attributes & OBJ_DONT_REPARSE) != 0u))
+    if (BOOST_UNLIKELY(BOOST_NTSTATUS_EQ(status, STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER) && (obj_attrs.Attributes & OBJ_DONT_REPARSE) != 0u))
     {
         // OBJ_DONT_REPARSE is supported since Windows 10, retry without it
         filesystem::detail::atomic_store_relaxed(g_no_obj_dont_reparse, true);