diff --git a/apps/rehash.c b/apps/rehash.c
index ee362b5fbdcf5015bdf924b620b39fc0128fbb38..443c15e13c6b2cc6fb8ed22bc580b692475cc445 100644
--- a/apps/rehash.c
+++ b/apps/rehash.c
@@ -174,9 +174,11 @@ static int handle_symlink(const char *filename, const char *fullpath)
     }
     if (filename[i++] != '.')
         return -1;
-    for (type = OSSL_NELEM(suffixes) - 1; type > 0; type--)
-        if (strcasecmp(suffixes[type], &filename[i]) == 0)
+    for (type = OSSL_NELEM(suffixes) - 1; type > 0; type--) {
+        const char *suffix = suffixes[type];
+        if (strncasecmp(suffix, &filename[i], strlen(suffix)) == 0)
             break;
+    }
     i += strlen(suffixes[type]);
 
     id = strtoul(&filename[i], &endptr, 10);