diff --git a/crypto/asn1/a_strnid.c b/crypto/asn1/a_strnid.c
index f0d5416660963e6fd093488c8ce35deac99b3e17..cdba943737e71f1e73da3155496f8693b27bafe6 100644
--- a/crypto/asn1/a_strnid.c
+++ b/crypto/asn1/a_strnid.c
@@ -185,14 +185,14 @@ static int sk_table_cmp(const ASN1_STRING_TABLE * const *a,
 	return (*a)->nid - (*b)->nid;
 }
 
-DECLARE_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(ASN1_STRING_TABLE, ASN1_STRING_TABLE, table_cmp);
+DECLARE_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(ASN1_STRING_TABLE, ASN1_STRING_TABLE, table);
 
 static int table_cmp(const ASN1_STRING_TABLE *a, const ASN1_STRING_TABLE *b)
 {
 	return a->nid - b->nid;
 }
 
-IMPLEMENT_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(ASN1_STRING_TABLE, ASN1_STRING_TABLE, table_cmp);
+IMPLEMENT_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(ASN1_STRING_TABLE, ASN1_STRING_TABLE, table);
 
 ASN1_STRING_TABLE *ASN1_STRING_TABLE_get(int nid)
 {
@@ -200,10 +200,8 @@ ASN1_STRING_TABLE *ASN1_STRING_TABLE_get(int nid)
 	ASN1_STRING_TABLE *ttmp;
 	ASN1_STRING_TABLE fnd;
 	fnd.nid = nid;
-	ttmp = OBJ_bsearch(ASN1_STRING_TABLE, &fnd,
-			   ASN1_STRING_TABLE, tbl_standard, 
-			   sizeof(tbl_standard)/sizeof(ASN1_STRING_TABLE),
-			   table_cmp);
+	ttmp = OBJ_bsearch_table(&fnd, tbl_standard, 
+			   sizeof(tbl_standard)/sizeof(ASN1_STRING_TABLE));
 	if(ttmp) return ttmp;
 	if(!stable) return NULL;
 	idx = sk_ASN1_STRING_TABLE_find(stable, &fnd);
diff --git a/crypto/asn1/ameth_lib.c b/crypto/asn1/ameth_lib.c
index fee7198b85ad6b836ba76f60c0ac6ecc851ca9bd..5063191515bb8c3f60577989455260c9747b6922 100644
--- a/crypto/asn1/ameth_lib.c
+++ b/crypto/asn1/ameth_lib.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ void main()
 #endif
 
 DECLARE_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(const EVP_PKEY_ASN1_METHOD *,
-			   const EVP_PKEY_ASN1_METHOD *, ameth_cmp);
+			   const EVP_PKEY_ASN1_METHOD *, ameth);
 
 static int ameth_cmp(const EVP_PKEY_ASN1_METHOD * const *a,
 		     const EVP_PKEY_ASN1_METHOD * const *b)
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ static int ameth_cmp(const EVP_PKEY_ASN1_METHOD * const *a,
 	}
 
 IMPLEMENT_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(const EVP_PKEY_ASN1_METHOD *,
-			     const EVP_PKEY_ASN1_METHOD *, ameth_cmp);
+			     const EVP_PKEY_ASN1_METHOD *, ameth);
 
 int EVP_PKEY_asn1_get_count(void)
 	{
@@ -155,11 +155,9 @@ static const EVP_PKEY_ASN1_METHOD *pkey_asn1_find(int type)
 		if (idx >= 0)
 			return sk_EVP_PKEY_ASN1_METHOD_value(app_methods, idx);
 		}
-	ret = OBJ_bsearch(const EVP_PKEY_ASN1_METHOD *, &t,
-			  const EVP_PKEY_ASN1_METHOD *, standard_methods,
+	ret = OBJ_bsearch_ameth(&t, standard_methods,
 			  sizeof(standard_methods)
-			  /sizeof(EVP_PKEY_ASN1_METHOD *),
-			  ameth_cmp);
+			  /sizeof(EVP_PKEY_ASN1_METHOD *));
 	if (!ret || !*ret)
 		return NULL;
 	return *ret;
diff --git a/crypto/evp/evp_pbe.c b/crypto/evp/evp_pbe.c
index 7d6a50266abf59beebdec384f80880e570c01858..e1d72b762a3b7b4221ac4244b247e80801fd3fc1 100644
--- a/crypto/evp/evp_pbe.c
+++ b/crypto/evp/evp_pbe.c
@@ -189,9 +189,9 @@ int EVP_PBE_CipherInit(ASN1_OBJECT *pbe_obj, const char *pass, int passlen,
 	return 1;	
 }
 
-DECLARE_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(EVP_PBE_CTL, EVP_PBE_CTL, pbe_cmp2);
+DECLARE_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(EVP_PBE_CTL, EVP_PBE_CTL, pbe2);
 
-static int pbe_cmp2(const EVP_PBE_CTL *pbe1, const EVP_PBE_CTL *pbe2)
+static int pbe2_cmp(const EVP_PBE_CTL *pbe1, const EVP_PBE_CTL *pbe2)
 	{
 	int ret = pbe1->pbe_type - pbe2->pbe_type;
 	if (ret)
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ static int pbe_cmp2(const EVP_PBE_CTL *pbe1, const EVP_PBE_CTL *pbe2)
 		return pbe1->pbe_nid - pbe2->pbe_nid;
 	}
 
-IMPLEMENT_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(EVP_PBE_CTL, EVP_PBE_CTL, pbe_cmp2);
+IMPLEMENT_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(EVP_PBE_CTL, EVP_PBE_CTL, pbe2);
 
 static int pbe_cmp(const EVP_PBE_CTL * const *a, const EVP_PBE_CTL * const *b)
 	{
@@ -271,10 +271,8 @@ int EVP_PBE_find(int type, int pbe_nid,
 		}
 	if (pbetmp == NULL)
 		{
-		pbetmp = OBJ_bsearch(EVP_PBE_CTL, &pbelu,
-				     EVP_PBE_CTL, builtin_pbe,
-				     sizeof(builtin_pbe)/sizeof(EVP_PBE_CTL),
-				     pbe_cmp2);
+		pbetmp = OBJ_bsearch_pbe2(&pbelu, builtin_pbe,
+				     sizeof(builtin_pbe)/sizeof(EVP_PBE_CTL));
 		}
 	if (pbetmp == NULL)
 		return 0;
diff --git a/crypto/evp/pmeth_lib.c b/crypto/evp/pmeth_lib.c
index d1b661ff36bf1cec32d0299b002a4ef2c4562b05..072736719d4664ff5c7e0d68cf46991e5f51ed41 100644
--- a/crypto/evp/pmeth_lib.c
+++ b/crypto/evp/pmeth_lib.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static const EVP_PKEY_METHOD *standard_methods[] =
 	};
 
 DECLARE_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(const EVP_PKEY_METHOD *, const EVP_PKEY_METHOD *,
-			   pmeth_cmp);
+			   pmeth);
 
 static int pmeth_cmp(const EVP_PKEY_METHOD * const *a,
 		     const EVP_PKEY_METHOD * const *b)
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static int pmeth_cmp(const EVP_PKEY_METHOD * const *a,
 	}
 
 IMPLEMENT_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(const EVP_PKEY_METHOD *, const EVP_PKEY_METHOD *,
-			     pmeth_cmp);
+			     pmeth);
 
 const EVP_PKEY_METHOD *EVP_PKEY_meth_find(int type)
 	{
@@ -108,10 +108,8 @@ const EVP_PKEY_METHOD *EVP_PKEY_meth_find(int type)
 		if (idx >= 0)
 			return sk_EVP_PKEY_METHOD_value(app_pkey_methods, idx);
 		}
-	ret = OBJ_bsearch(const EVP_PKEY_METHOD *, &t,
-			  const EVP_PKEY_METHOD *, standard_methods,
-			  sizeof(standard_methods)/sizeof(EVP_PKEY_METHOD *),
-			  pmeth_cmp);
+	ret = OBJ_bsearch_pmeth(&t, standard_methods,
+			  sizeof(standard_methods)/sizeof(EVP_PKEY_METHOD *));
 	if (!ret || !*ret)
 		return NULL;
 	return *ret;
diff --git a/crypto/objects/obj_dat.c b/crypto/objects/obj_dat.c
index 3623e152b1f66d6f2374a7378bcaee63e90967cd..e999ef7831a231b426c486608432f3ba6173ba56 100644
--- a/crypto/objects/obj_dat.c
+++ b/crypto/objects/obj_dat.c
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ static const unsigned int ln_objs[1];
 static const unsigned int obj_objs[1];
 #endif
 
-DECLARE_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(const ASN1_OBJECT *, unsigned int, sn_cmp);
-DECLARE_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(const ASN1_OBJECT *, unsigned int, ln_cmp);
-DECLARE_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(const ASN1_OBJECT *, unsigned int, obj_cmp);
+DECLARE_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(const ASN1_OBJECT *, unsigned int, sn);
+DECLARE_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(const ASN1_OBJECT *, unsigned int, ln);
+DECLARE_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(const ASN1_OBJECT *, unsigned int, obj);
 
 #define ADDED_DATA	0
 #define ADDED_SNAME	1
@@ -103,12 +103,12 @@ static LHASH_OF(ADDED_OBJ) *added=NULL;
 static int sn_cmp(const ASN1_OBJECT * const *a, const unsigned int *b)
 	{ return(strcmp((*a)->sn,nid_objs[*b].sn)); }
 
-IMPLEMENT_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(const ASN1_OBJECT *, unsigned int, sn_cmp);
+IMPLEMENT_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(const ASN1_OBJECT *, unsigned int, sn);
 
 static int ln_cmp(const ASN1_OBJECT * const *a, const unsigned int *b)
 	{ return(strcmp((*a)->ln,nid_objs[*b].ln)); }
 
-IMPLEMENT_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(const ASN1_OBJECT *, unsigned int, ln_cmp);
+IMPLEMENT_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(const ASN1_OBJECT *, unsigned int, ln);
 
 static unsigned long added_obj_hash(const ADDED_OBJ *ca)
 	{
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ static int obj_cmp(const ASN1_OBJECT * const *ap, const unsigned int *bp)
 	return(memcmp(a->data,b->data,a->length));
 	}
 
-IMPLEMENT_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(const ASN1_OBJECT *, unsigned int, obj_cmp);
+IMPLEMENT_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(const ASN1_OBJECT *, unsigned int, obj);
 
 int OBJ_obj2nid(const ASN1_OBJECT *a)
 	{
@@ -412,8 +412,7 @@ int OBJ_obj2nid(const ASN1_OBJECT *a)
 		adp=lh_ADDED_OBJ_retrieve(added,&ad);
 		if (adp != NULL) return (adp->obj->nid);
 		}
-	op=OBJ_bsearch(const ASN1_OBJECT *, &a, const unsigned int, obj_objs,
-		       NUM_OBJ, obj_cmp);
+	op=OBJ_bsearch_obj(&a, obj_objs, NUM_OBJ);
 	if (op == NULL)
 		return(NID_undef);
 	return(nid_objs[*op].nid);
@@ -648,8 +647,7 @@ int OBJ_ln2nid(const char *s)
 		adp=lh_ADDED_OBJ_retrieve(added,&ad);
 		if (adp != NULL) return (adp->obj->nid);
 		}
-	op=OBJ_bsearch(const ASN1_OBJECT *, &oo, const unsigned int, ln_objs,
-				   NUM_LN, ln_cmp);
+	op=OBJ_bsearch_ln(&oo, ln_objs, NUM_LN);
 	if (op == NULL) return(NID_undef);
 	return(nid_objs[*op].nid);
 	}
@@ -669,8 +667,7 @@ int OBJ_sn2nid(const char *s)
 		adp=lh_ADDED_OBJ_retrieve(added,&ad);
 		if (adp != NULL) return (adp->obj->nid);
 		}
-	op=OBJ_bsearch(const ASN1_OBJECT *, &oo, const unsigned int, sn_objs,
-				   NUM_SN, sn_cmp);
+	op=OBJ_bsearch_sn(&oo, sn_objs, NUM_SN);
 	if (op == NULL) return(NID_undef);
 	return(nid_objs[*op].nid);
 	}
diff --git a/crypto/objects/obj_xref.c b/crypto/objects/obj_xref.c
index 30d544b1a4a523d7d5ffea7fa95b0e339bfa298f..6230c365a1b6a4d8b84780195f4346f17c14312d 100644
--- a/crypto/objects/obj_xref.c
+++ b/crypto/objects/obj_xref.c
@@ -62,22 +62,22 @@
 DECLARE_STACK_OF(nid_triple)
 STACK_OF(nid_triple) *sig_app, *sigx_app;
 
-static int cmp_sig(const nid_triple *a, const nid_triple *b)
+static int sig_cmp(const nid_triple *a, const nid_triple *b)
 	{
 	return a->sign_id - b->sign_id;
 	}
 
-DECLARE_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(nid_triple, nid_triple, cmp_sig);
-IMPLEMENT_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(nid_triple, nid_triple, cmp_sig);
+DECLARE_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(nid_triple, nid_triple, sig);
+IMPLEMENT_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(nid_triple, nid_triple, sig);
 
-static int cmp_sig_sk(const nid_triple * const *a, const nid_triple * const *b)
+static int sig_sk_cmp(const nid_triple * const *a, const nid_triple * const *b)
 	{
 	return (*a)->sign_id - (*b)->sign_id;
 	}
 
-DECLARE_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(const nid_triple *, const nid_triple *, cmp_sigx);
+DECLARE_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(const nid_triple *, const nid_triple *, sigx);
 
-static int cmp_sigx(const nid_triple * const *a, const nid_triple * const *b)
+static int sigx_cmp(const nid_triple * const *a, const nid_triple * const *b)
 	{
 	int ret;
 	ret = (*a)->hash_id - (*b)->hash_id;
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ static int cmp_sigx(const nid_triple * const *a, const nid_triple * const *b)
 	return (*a)->pkey_id - (*b)->pkey_id;
 	}
 
-IMPLEMENT_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(const nid_triple *, const nid_triple *, cmp_sigx);
+IMPLEMENT_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(const nid_triple *, const nid_triple *, sigx);
 
 int OBJ_find_sigid_algs(int signid, int *pdig_nid, int *ppkey_nid)
 	{
@@ -104,10 +104,8 @@ int OBJ_find_sigid_algs(int signid, int *pdig_nid, int *ppkey_nid)
 #ifndef OBJ_XREF_TEST2
 	if (rv == NULL)
 		{
-		rv = OBJ_bsearch(const nid_triple,&tmp,
-				 const nid_triple,sigoid_srt,
-				 sizeof(sigoid_srt) / sizeof(nid_triple),
-				 cmp_sig);
+		rv = OBJ_bsearch_sig(&tmp, sigoid_srt,
+				 sizeof(sigoid_srt) / sizeof(nid_triple));
 		}
 #endif
 	if (rv == NULL)
@@ -139,10 +137,9 @@ int OBJ_find_sigid_by_algs(int *psignid, int dig_nid, int pkey_nid)
 #ifndef OBJ_XREF_TEST2
 	if (rv == NULL)
 		{
-		rv = OBJ_bsearch(const nid_triple *,&t,
-				 const nid_triple *,sigoid_srt_xref,
-				 sizeof(sigoid_srt_xref) / sizeof(nid_triple *),
-				 cmp_sigx);
+		rv = OBJ_bsearch_sigx(&t, sigoid_srt_xref,
+				 sizeof(sigoid_srt_xref) / sizeof(nid_triple *)
+				 );
 		}
 #endif
 	if (rv == NULL)
@@ -155,11 +152,11 @@ int OBJ_add_sigid(int signid, int dig_id, int pkey_id)
 	{
 	nid_triple *ntr;
 	if (!sig_app)
-		sig_app = sk_nid_triple_new(cmp_sig_sk);
+		sig_app = sk_nid_triple_new(sig_sk_cmp);
 	if (!sig_app)
 		return 0;
 	if (!sigx_app)
-		sigx_app = sk_nid_triple_new(cmp_sigx);
+		sigx_app = sk_nid_triple_new(sigx_cmp);
 	if (!sigx_app)
 		return 0;
 	ntr = OPENSSL_malloc(sizeof(int) * 3);
diff --git a/crypto/objects/objects.h b/crypto/objects/objects.h
index 3e6d71021bf207499d7500c96002dd3bee84e02f..65b6f013588cddf53b2453a1fdcfd9b52d0ca9b2 100644
--- a/crypto/objects/objects.h
+++ b/crypto/objects/objects.h
@@ -1018,16 +1018,15 @@ const void *	OBJ_bsearch_ex_(const void *key,const void *base,int num,
 				int (*cmp)(const void *, const void *),
 				int flags);
 
-#define _DECLARE_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(scope, type1, type2, cmp)	\
-  scope type1 *cmp##_type_1; \
-  scope type2 *cmp##_type_2;					\
-  scope int cmp##_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(const void *, const void *);		\
-  scope int cmp(type1 const *, type2 const *)
+#define _DECLARE_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(scope, type1, type2, nm)	\
+  static int nm##_cmp_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(const void *, const void *); \
+  static int nm##_cmp(type1 const *, type2 const *); \
+  scope type2 * OBJ_bsearch_##nm(type1 *key, type2 const *base, int num)
 
 #define DECLARE_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(type1, type2, cmp)	\
   _DECLARE_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(static, type1, type2, cmp)
-#define DECLARE_OBJ_BSEARCH_GLOBAL_CMP_FN(type1, type2, cmp)	\
-  _DECLARE_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(, type1, type2, cmp)
+#define DECLARE_OBJ_BSEARCH_GLOBAL_CMP_FN(type1, type2, nm)	\
+  type2 * OBJ_bsearch_##nm(type1 *key, type2 const *base, int num)
 
 /*
  * Unsolved problem: if a type is actually a pointer type, like
@@ -1055,12 +1054,17 @@ const void *	OBJ_bsearch_ex_(const void *key,const void *base,int num,
  * the non-constness means a lot of complication, and in practice
  * comparison routines do always not touch their arguments.
  */
-#define _IMPLEMENT_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(scope, type1, type2, cmp)	\
-  scope int cmp##_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(const void *a_, const void *b_)	\
+#define _IMPLEMENT_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(scope, type1, type2, nm)	\
+  static int nm##_cmp_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(const void *a_, const void *b_)	\
       { \
       type1 const *a = a_; \
       type2 const *b = b_; \
-      return cmp(a,b); \
+      return nm##_cmp(a,b); \
+      } \
+  scope type2 *OBJ_bsearch_##nm(type1 *key, type2 const *base, int num) \
+      { \
+      return (type2 *)OBJ_bsearch_(key, base, num, sizeof(type2), \
+					nm##_cmp_BSEARCH_CMP_FN); \
       } \
       extern void dummy_prototype(void)
 
diff --git a/crypto/x509/x509_vpm.c b/crypto/x509/x509_vpm.c
index 5c018e9832a509c1a2c72b859854dce4c6e14e44..ce8e676c2b6a1d1da01a742088984e896dda500f 100644
--- a/crypto/x509/x509_vpm.c
+++ b/crypto/x509/x509_vpm.c
@@ -363,9 +363,9 @@ static int table_cmp(const X509_VERIFY_PARAM *a, const X509_VERIFY_PARAM *b)
 	}
 
 DECLARE_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(X509_VERIFY_PARAM, X509_VERIFY_PARAM,
-			   table_cmp);
+			   table);
 IMPLEMENT_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(X509_VERIFY_PARAM, X509_VERIFY_PARAM,
-			     table_cmp);
+			     table);
 
 static int param_cmp(const X509_VERIFY_PARAM * const *a,
 			const X509_VERIFY_PARAM * const *b)
@@ -410,10 +410,8 @@ const X509_VERIFY_PARAM *X509_VERIFY_PARAM_lookup(const char *name)
 		if (idx != -1)
 			return sk_X509_VERIFY_PARAM_value(param_table, idx);
 		}
-	return OBJ_bsearch(const X509_VERIFY_PARAM, &pm,
-			   const X509_VERIFY_PARAM, default_table,
-			   sizeof(default_table)/sizeof(X509_VERIFY_PARAM),
-			   table_cmp);
+	return OBJ_bsearch_table(&pm, default_table,
+			   sizeof(default_table)/sizeof(X509_VERIFY_PARAM));
 	}
 
 void X509_VERIFY_PARAM_table_cleanup(void)
diff --git a/crypto/x509v3/v3_lib.c b/crypto/x509v3/v3_lib.c
index 3ad5b29afcd030eaa991a0c249f704cca3568fce..dad0c905c2dca1cd873ac634ede973b6112f116d 100644
--- a/crypto/x509v3/v3_lib.c
+++ b/crypto/x509v3/v3_lib.c
@@ -90,9 +90,9 @@ static int ext_cmp(const X509V3_EXT_METHOD * const *a,
 }
 
 DECLARE_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(const X509V3_EXT_METHOD *, const X509V3_EXT_METHOD *,
-			   ext_cmp);
+			   ext);
 IMPLEMENT_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(const X509V3_EXT_METHOD *,
-			     const X509V3_EXT_METHOD *, ext_cmp);
+			     const X509V3_EXT_METHOD *, ext);
 
 const X509V3_EXT_METHOD *X509V3_EXT_get_nid(int nid)
 {
@@ -101,9 +101,7 @@ const X509V3_EXT_METHOD *X509V3_EXT_get_nid(int nid)
 	int idx;
 	if(nid < 0) return NULL;
 	tmp.ext_nid = nid;
-	ret = OBJ_bsearch(const X509V3_EXT_METHOD *, &t,
-			  const X509V3_EXT_METHOD *, standard_exts,
-			  STANDARD_EXTENSION_COUNT, ext_cmp);
+	ret = OBJ_bsearch_ext(&t, standard_exts, STANDARD_EXTENSION_COUNT);
 	if(ret) return *ret;
 	if(!ext_list) return NULL;
 	idx = sk_X509V3_EXT_METHOD_find(ext_list, &tmp);
diff --git a/crypto/x509v3/v3_purp.c b/crypto/x509v3/v3_purp.c
index a5d9805ce466bdad1c54c8cb280b3f41fabe22a2..e00c9ec13016f8ab21e150fa3274c839327b05cb 100644
--- a/crypto/x509v3/v3_purp.c
+++ b/crypto/x509v3/v3_purp.c
@@ -272,8 +272,8 @@ static int nid_cmp(const int *a, const int *b)
 	return *a - *b;
 	}
 
-DECLARE_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(int, int, nid_cmp);
-IMPLEMENT_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(int, int, nid_cmp);
+DECLARE_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(int, int, nid);
+IMPLEMENT_OBJ_BSEARCH_CMP_FN(int, int, nid);
 
 int X509_supported_extension(X509_EXTENSION *ex)
 	{
@@ -303,13 +303,13 @@ int X509_supported_extension(X509_EXTENSION *ex)
 		NID_inhibit_any_policy	/* 748 */
 	};
 
-	const int ex_nid = OBJ_obj2nid(X509_EXTENSION_get_object(ex));
+	int ex_nid = OBJ_obj2nid(X509_EXTENSION_get_object(ex));
 
 	if (ex_nid == NID_undef) 
 		return 0;
 
-	if (OBJ_bsearch(int, &ex_nid, int, supported_nids,
-			sizeof(supported_nids)/sizeof(int), nid_cmp))
+	if (OBJ_bsearch_nid(&ex_nid, supported_nids,
+			sizeof(supported_nids)/sizeof(int)))
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
 	}
diff --git a/ssl/s2_lib.c b/ssl/s2_lib.c
index 0f311c3fab8f5d13c07d17648162a0316cec84a8..4cfafcedf17f3a95ab4f363d863b0f47125964b6 100644
--- a/ssl/s2_lib.c
+++ b/ssl/s2_lib.c
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ long ssl2_ctx_callback_ctrl(SSL_CTX *ctx, int cmd, void (*fp)(void))
 	}
 
 IMPLEMENT_OBJ_BSEARCH_GLOBAL_CMP_FN(SSL_CIPHER, SSL_CIPHER,
-				    ssl_cipher_id_cmp);
+				    ssl_cipher_id);
 
 /* This function needs to check if the ciphers required are actually
  * available */
@@ -426,8 +426,7 @@ const SSL_CIPHER *ssl2_get_cipher_by_char(const unsigned char *p)
 	id=0x02000000L|((unsigned long)p[0]<<16L)|
 		((unsigned long)p[1]<<8L)|(unsigned long)p[2];
 	c.id=id;
-	cp = OBJ_bsearch(const SSL_CIPHER, &c, const SSL_CIPHER, ssl2_ciphers,
-			 SSL2_NUM_CIPHERS, ssl_cipher_id_cmp);
+	cp = OBJ_bsearch_ssl_cipher_id(&c, ssl2_ciphers, SSL2_NUM_CIPHERS);
 	if ((cp == NULL) || (cp->valid == 0))
 		return NULL;
 	else
diff --git a/ssl/s3_lib.c b/ssl/s3_lib.c
index 7e896997b22d9c8c7893723deaa1ddd792271d15..54c0540493e1ac4660693f20ba9d05a2a2df2b63 100644
--- a/ssl/s3_lib.c
+++ b/ssl/s3_lib.c
@@ -2794,8 +2794,7 @@ const SSL_CIPHER *ssl3_get_cipher_by_char(const unsigned char *p)
 
 	id=0x03000000L|((unsigned long)p[0]<<8L)|(unsigned long)p[1];
 	c.id=id;
-	cp = OBJ_bsearch(SSL_CIPHER, &c, SSL_CIPHER, ssl3_ciphers,
-			 SSL3_NUM_CIPHERS, ssl_cipher_id_cmp);
+	cp = OBJ_bsearch_ssl_cipher_id(&c, ssl3_ciphers, SSL3_NUM_CIPHERS);
 	if (cp == NULL || cp->valid == 0)
 		return NULL;
 	else
diff --git a/ssl/ssl_locl.h b/ssl/ssl_locl.h
index e478f9aa727785faff8d52438de26bda45621c8c..30bd74676ca51ab98a89b2fb7045b8035d27f93d 100644
--- a/ssl/ssl_locl.h
+++ b/ssl/ssl_locl.h
@@ -785,7 +785,7 @@ int ssl_get_new_session(SSL *s, int session);
 int ssl_get_prev_session(SSL *s, unsigned char *session,int len, const unsigned char *limit);
 int ssl_cipher_id_cmp(const SSL_CIPHER *a,const SSL_CIPHER *b);
 DECLARE_OBJ_BSEARCH_GLOBAL_CMP_FN(SSL_CIPHER, SSL_CIPHER,
-				  ssl_cipher_id_cmp);
+				  ssl_cipher_id);
 int ssl_cipher_ptr_id_cmp(const SSL_CIPHER * const *ap,
 			const SSL_CIPHER * const *bp);
 STACK_OF(SSL_CIPHER) *ssl_bytes_to_cipher_list(SSL *s,unsigned char *p,int num,