diff --git a/src/buffer.h b/src/buffer.h
index 5c0a6ab3118..d19ff22babd 100644
--- a/src/buffer.h
+++ b/src/buffer.h
@@ -1351,8 +1351,8 @@ BUF_CHAR_ADDRESS (struct buffer *buf, ptrdiff_t pos)
 	  + (pos < buf->text->gpt ? 0 : buf->text->gap_size));
 }
 
-/* Convert PTR, the address of a char in buffer BUF,
-   into a character position.  */
+/* Convert PTR, the address of a char in buffer BUF, into a byte
+   position.  */
 
 INLINE ptrdiff_t
 BUF_PTR_BYTE_POS (struct buffer *buf, unsigned char *ptr)
diff --git a/src/profiler.c b/src/profiler.c
index 43409688a93..12d75012c79 100644
--- a/src/profiler.c
+++ b/src/profiler.c
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ record_backtrace (struct profiler_log *plog, EMACS_INT count)
 static void
 add_sample (struct profiler_log *plog, EMACS_INT count)
 {
-  if (EQ (backtrace_top_function (), QAutomatic_GC)) /* bug#60237 */
+  if (BASE_EQ (backtrace_top_function (), QAutomatic_GC)) /* bug#60237 */
     /* Special case the time-count inside GC because the hash-table
        code is not prepared to be used while the GC is running.
        More specifically it uses ASIZE at many places where it does