diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/CPU/CPUTranslator.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/CPU/CPUTranslator.cpp
index 96afeb53ac..fa7f15ff9a 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/CPU/CPUTranslator.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/CPU/CPUTranslator.cpp
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ void cpu_translator::initialize(llvm::LLVMContext& context, llvm::ExecutionEngin
 		cpu == "tigerlake" ||
 		cpu == "rocketlake" ||
 		cpu == "sapphirerapids" ||
-		(cpu.startswith("znver") && cpu != "znver1" && cpu != "znver2" && cpu != "znver3"))
+		(cpu.starts_with("znver") && cpu != "znver1" && cpu != "znver2" && cpu != "znver3"))
 	{
 		m_use_avx = true;
 		m_use_fma = true;
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/SPUThread.cpp b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/SPUThread.cpp
index 1f02b7b2c5..65dbc1dcfb 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/SPUThread.cpp
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/Cell/SPUThread.cpp
@@ -5253,7 +5253,7 @@ s64 spu_thread::get_ch_value(u32 ch)
 #ifdef __linux__
 		const bool reservation_busy_waiting = false;
 #else
-		const bool reservation_busy_waiting = (seed + ((raddr == spurs_addr) ? 50 : 0)) < g_cfg.core.spu_reservation_busy_waiting_percentage;
+		const bool reservation_busy_waiting = (seed + ((raddr == spurs_addr) ? 50u : 0u)) < g_cfg.core.spu_reservation_busy_waiting_percentage;
 #endif
 
 		for (; !events.count; events = get_events(mask1 & ~SPU_EVENT_LR, true, true))